IRS hacked! Tax information stolen from 100,000 households

Identity thieves used the Internal Revenue Service’s online service to obtain tax return information for about 100,000 U.S households, the tax agency said Tuesday. The IRS said criminals used stolen Social Security numbers and other data to gain unauthorized access to the accounts. Of the 200,000 attempts, 100,000 were successful. The IRS said thieves used the information from prior years’ […]
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