August 30, 2017

Bitcoin users, the taxman wants to know what’s in your piggybank

The IRS is taking steps to de-anonymize Bitcoin investors - but how successful will those be?

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February 24, 2017

Taxpayers shrug off ID fraud warnings even as attacks rise

Are you doing enough to protect yourself during tax season? We've got some tips to help you be safer

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February 21, 2017

Watch out for phishing scams when preparing your tax return

Phishing scams topped the IRS's Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2017

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February 08, 2017

Beware the latest tax-season spear-phishing scam

This year's variation on the CEO scam goes after W-2 forms and then adds a wire fraud on top

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October 11, 2016

$15 million fake IRS call center busted by police

Police in India located three office buildings packed with hundreds of people posing as IRS officials.

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July 29, 2016

Couple “driven by greed and a fast buck” jailed for $1.5m IRS scam

They used the IRS's 'Get Transcript' service to get personal information on people and use it to file bogus returns in their names.

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June 27, 2016

IRS hacked again – say goodbye to that PIN system!

It's so quiet, you can hear a repeatedly hacked PIN system drop, months before it was (maybe) going to be killed.

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March 10, 2016

IRS yanks anti-identity-theft tool IP PIN over 800 identity thefts

The US tax agency has pulled the plug on the 2FA system after sniffing out 800 fraudulent returns filed with the PINs.

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March 09, 2016

More companies snared by same type of phishing attack that hit Snapchat

If you haven't filed your taxes yet, you really should go ahead and do it before a cybercriminal does it for you.

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