IRS says more than 300,000 may have been hit by cyberattacks

marketwatch.com ^ | August 17, 2015 | John D. McKinnon

[rdl6989]

WASHINGTON--The Internal Revenue Service said identity thieves’ penetration of one of its computer databases was much more extensive than previously reported, with more than 300,000 taxpayer accounts potentially affected and more than 600,000 breaches attempted.

[rdl6989]

Here we go again.

[Fungi]

Government competence at its highest level. Are you not glad the IRS works for you?

[glorgau]

Whoa!!!!!

Good thing I haven’t been filing for the last 8 years.

[5by5]

No doubt, only Republicans and conservatives were penetrated.

[Paladin2]

So if we are not notified, they go to jail?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Well, we need more laws and the surrender of our civil liberties and constitutional rights then. It’s the gubmint FReepers we can trust them! Why do you mean-old right-wing hoarding extremists want to live in your stupid isolated areas among other anti-government folks when you can be told what to do by our betters? < /S >

[Gritty]

Great. Chinese hackers already have all my personal data from the Office of Personnel Management breach. Now they probably have all my tax records, too. What's next,... my "confidential" medical records?

Can't this incompetent government safeguard anything except their own malice, thievery, abuse, and treason?

[TADSLOS]

All Taxpayers need to e-file with Windows 10. Problem solved.

[ronnie raygun]

And the a##clown is allowing the chinese to conduct searches on American soil for thier criminals. The arms are being told what to do and when

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Can't this incompetent government safeguard anything except their own malice, thievery, abuse, and treason?

I remember the late 70s, and the incompetence from that era is nothing compared to what's happening now.

[COBOL2Java]

"Well, no! Of course we don't know where the data went, Congressman! At this point, what difference does it make?"

[unixfox]

That is the face of evil. And it should be removed from the face of the earth.

[Lil Flower]

Well my confidential medical records have been hacked, so together I guess we complete the circle.

[MeshugeMikey]

I doubt that its a glitch...Im thinking....SPECIAL FEATURE!!!

it could be ANYONES records ....

Keep people agitated and fearful...and you have a crisis...and as you know these bastards never let a good crisis go to waste.

[Nep Nep]

The only reasonable expectation is that any piece of data held by the government is also known to the Chinese, the Russians, and scores - if not thousands - of cyber criminals worldwide.

Nothing is secure, and nothing can be secured, and we have the National “Security” Agency to thank for it.

[Democrat_media]

Exactly. And so many people mainly democrats trust government.
Only justice is that these hackers will steal the identity of these democrats from the stupid IRS. will they learn their lesson? doubtful