The IRS Needs to Work on Its Math Skills
Maybe the IRS needs more fingers to count with?
You may recall that a couple of months ago the Internal Revenue Service got hacked, leaving more than 104,000 taxpayers’ private information at risk.
How? IRS.gov offered an online service to concerned Americas called “Get Transcript.” This user-friendly way to download several years’ worth of tax forms was great for people looking to apply for college financial aid or a mortgage.
Turns out some group of ne’er-do-wells “used this app to download forms full of personal information” by posing as legitimate taxpayers, and tried to download forms relating 200,000 people.
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