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The IRS’s Verification System for Sharing Taxpayer Data With ICE Would Have Accepted ‘Don’t Care 12345’ as a Valid Address

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The IRS’s Verification System for Sharing Taxpayer Data With ICE Would Have Accepted ‘Don’t Care 12345’ as a Valid Address

We’re a couple weeks late to this one, but it deserves more attention than it received. As the Washington Post first reported, a federal judge has found that the IRS violated federal law 42,6…

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ITSEC NewsMay 7, 2020
Hackers Dumpster Dive for Taxpayer Data in COVID-19 Relief Money Scams - Threat actors are buying and selling taxpayer data on hacker forums as well as using phishing and ... more: https://threatpost.com/hackers-dumpster-dive-covid-19-relief-scams/155537/ #economicinjurydisasterloan #businessemailcompromise #undergroundforums #credentialtheft #identitytheft #taxpayerinfo #threatactors #websecurity #government #emailfraud #taxrefunds #taxpayers #caresact #covid-19 #phishing #hacks
Hackers Dumpster Dive for Taxpayer Data in COVID-19 Relief Money Scams

Threat actors are buying and selling taxpayer data on hacker forums as well as using phishing and other campaigns to steal various U.S. government payouts.

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