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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: vaskidmark on August 17, 2015, 05:32:25 PM

Title: Would it be easier all around if we just had a yard sale?
Post by: vaskidmark on August 17, 2015, 05:32:25 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs-thieves-stolen-info-220000-additional-tax-accounts/story?id=33140918

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The number of accounts thought to have been compromised in an IRS data breach earlier this year has tripled, the IRS said today.

The IRS revealed in May that thieves accessed 114,000 tax accounts through the IRS "Get Transcript" application, a program to acquire information about your tax returns. Today, the IRS said a recent review revealed thieves may have had access to approximately 220,000 additional tax accounts, bringing the total number of victims up to 334,000 -- three times the original amount.

The "Get Transcript" program requires personal information, like names, date of birth, and Social Security numbers, to access the system, meaning the hackers previously obtained that private information. The IRS believes the breach began in February and aimed to gather information for thieves to use to file fraudulent tax returns in the next filing season.

If we can't keep anything secure, could we at least get yard sale prices for it?

I am disgustipated.

stay safe.