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Security Is A PROCESS!
market-ticker.org / by Karl Denninger / May 27, 2015
So now the IRS itself gets compromised....
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’ returns to help them file for fake refunds. They did it by accessing a system called “Get Transcript,” where they had to clear a security screen that required knowledge about the taxpayer, including Social Security number, date of birth, tax filing status and street address.
This is particularly infuriating because we, as Americans, have enabled all of this and it is to a large degree our fault.
The so-called “hacking” in this case wasn’t really “hacking” per-se. The thieves used Social Security numbers; where did they get them?
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Source: http://silveristhenew.com/2015/05/27/security-is-a-process/
