Posted on 10 February 2016. The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed more details about an attack it suffered last month, mounted by unknown individuals with the aim to file fraudulent tax returns and funnel the returned money to their own bank accounts.
The attack was performed by an automated bot. It's objective was to extract PINs from the Electronic Filing PIN application on the IRS.gov website. The app creates 5-digit PIN codes for those who want to file their tax returns online, and the code is used to authenticate the filer's identity. Full Article
101,000 US taxpayers affected by automated attack on IRS app
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You would think I.R.S. would have better security measures in place.
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Here is another article on the same subject: http://www.networkworld.com/article/3031902/identity-thieves-obtain-100000-electronic-filing-pins-from-irs-system.html
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