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IRS Warns Of Rise in Tax Fraud
15:27 - 24:23 (08:56)
The IRS has seen a significant increase in tax fraud this year, with criminals using stolen data to submit fraudulent tax filings that are almost identical to previous years' forms.
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The IRS was hit by a tax fraud issue where thousands of people's tax returns from last year were being resubmitted fraudulently this year due to a flaw in the IRS's system which linked thousands of tax returns to a single email address.
15:27 - 17:12 (01:45)
Tax, Fraud
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The IRS was hit by a tax fraud issue where thousands of people's tax returns from last year were being resubmitted fraudulently this year due to a flaw in the IRS's system which linked thousands of tax returns to a single email address.
ChapterIRS Warns Of Rise in Tax Fraud
EpisodeEp 26: IRS
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Thieves used stolen data to obtain transcripts of old tax filings, later submitting this year's taxes in an act of identity theft.
17:12 - 24:23 (07:11)
IRS Cybersecurity
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Thieves used stolen data to obtain transcripts of old tax filings, later submitting this year's taxes in an act of identity theft. The IRS disabled their "Get Transcript" feature, which enabled access to 100,000 personal tax records.