Cyberattack total is more than twice previously disclosed: IRS

CNBC ^ | 02/26/2016 | Everett Rosenfeld

[unixfox]

Cyberattacks on taxpayer accounts affected more people than previously reported, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

The IRS statement, originally reported by Dow Jones, revealed tax data for about 700,000 households might have been stolen: Specifically, a government review found potential access to about 390,000 more accounts than previously disclosed.

[unixfox]

Just one more reason to abolish this incompetent criminal organization.

[angcat]

Inside job.

[jazusamo]

That weasel Koskinen has got to go.

[stocksthatgoup]

The IRS lies. The FBI makes it almost impossible to point out fraud on the Internet by giving you a questionnaire that takes hours to answer Even when the fraud is so apparent that it should be looked into

[DoughtyOne]

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[unixfox]

Inside job.

I wish they would take the whole gdamn thing down.

[butlerweave]

The Government should stop using Windows ME

[unixfox]

[DoughtyOne]

[Major Matt Mason]

As we have seen, there are people of dubious intentions working for the IRS, so yes, an inside job is entirely possible.

[maine-iac7]

fl

[Carry_Okie]

All COBOL all the time?