Phishers scamming IRS rebates
Scammers want your IRS refund checks and have devised at least one phishing scheme to get it, according to the FBI
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University of California Irvine students are hit with mysterious breach
...IRS at 1-800-829-1040
For the last two weeks, we have been scouring all of our databases and computer systems, but we have not found any leak here" on campus, UCI Police Chief Paul Henisey said
The thefts appear to be part of a larger national case being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, Henisey said. IRS agents have been on...
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Long Island University notifies students of mailing error
...IRS 1098-T Tuition Statement forms for 2007, that had been delivered to the Post Office in what may have been defective mailers supplied to the University, were damaged by Post Office processing machinery. Student names, addresses and social security numbers were on these forms and may have been exposed
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The top six corporate email risks
...IRS regulation Circular 230, the IRS requires tax advisors to add an email disclaimer to any emails including tax advice, expressly stating that the opinion cannot be relied upon for penalty purposes. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act impose similar duties on financial institutions. Steep penalties can...
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ShoutPro Vulnerability Currently Causing Issues For Websites
...IRS Phish which seemed strangely out of place
Here's what the Phish mail looked like (promising a tax refund of $600+, naturally
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Clicking the link doesn't take you to a fake IRS page - instead, you see this
I decided to contact the site owner and see if he had any further information on what happened. A portion...
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Report: IRS information security still poor
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service continues to have "pervasive" information security weaknesses that put taxpayer information at risk, and it has made limited progress in fixing dozens of problems the U.S. Government Accountability Office has previously identified, according to a GAO report released Tuesday
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35,000 T. Rowe price plan participants alerted
...IRS Form 5500's
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Investment News online story
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T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services alerted 35,000 current and former participants in several hundred plans that their names and Social Security numbers were contained in files on computers that were...
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TSA Misses the Point, Again
They're checking IDs more carefully , looking for forgeries: Black lights will help screeners inspect the ID cards by illuminating holograms, typically of government seals, that are found in licenses and passports. Screeners also are getting magnifying glasses that highlight tiny inscriptions found in borders of passports and other IDs. About...
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Giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants
...IRS database, the Social Security database, or state birth certificate databases. As such, they are an invaluable police tool - for investigating crimes, tracking down suspects, and proving guilt
Removing the 8 million-15 million illegal immigrants from these databases would only make law enforcement harder. Of course, the unlicensed won't...
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FTC: Beware of tax and rebate scams
The Federal Trade Commission is warning that phishers and other scammers may target taxpayers looking to collect their economic-stimulus rebate checks from the IRS