IRS Announces New Identity Theft Affidavit
Businesses are a favorite target of identity thieves. Reports often cover the theft of customer financial information, like credit cards, debit cards, and bank accounts.…
National Tax Security Awareness: Writing a Data Security Plan
The Security Summit has been highlighting ways that taxpayers can protect their personally identifiable information (PII) from identity thieves. They closed out National Tax Security Awareness Week by…
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National Tax Security Awareness Week: Spotting Business Identity Theft
Main Street businesses might consider themselves too small to be the target of a business identity theft scam, but the Security Summit says that identity thieves are more than happy to steal their business information.…
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National Tax Security Awareness Week: Spotting Phishing Scams
The second day of National Tax Security Awareness Week saw the Internal Revenue Service spotlight common signs of tax-related identity theft phishing scams.…
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National Tax Security Awareness Week: Online Shopping and PII
It’s the first day of National Tax Security Awareness Week, and the Security Summit is kicking off the festivities by focusing on the dangers of online shopping.…
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Russian Charged in Identity Theft Heist
A 33-year old Russian national has been charged in federal court with stealing taxpayers’ personally identifiable information (PII) and using that data to steal more than $1.5 million from the U.S. Treasury.…
IP PIN Program Expands
The IRS is expanding the Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) pilot program, so taxpayers in seven additional states will be able to add an extra layer of security to their federal tax return.…
