(Wil IRS offer anything to victims? Even the typical 'free credit monitoring'? Probably not. This is another sign that we have more self-inflicted 'threats' to our information systems than anything coming from China, Russia, Israel, or terrorists. --rick)
Financial Info On 100,000 Taxpayers Now In The Hands Of Criminals, Thanks To The IRS's Weak Authentication Processes from the time-for-everyone-to-start-lying-about-their-first-pet's-name dept The government that wants so badly to be the world's leading cyberwarfare force still seems largely unable to fence in its own backyard. In Yet Another Breach™, the sensitive financial information of thousands of Americans is now in the hands of criminals. < - > https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150526/15302231120/financial-info-100000-taxpayers-now-hands-criminals-thanks-to-irss-weak-authentication-processes.shtml -- It's better to burn out than fade away. _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list [email protected] https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
