The Internal Revenue Service, which disclosed this week the breach of 100,000 taxpayer accounts, has been steadily reducing the size of its internal cybersecurity staff as it increases its security spending. This may seem paradoxical, but one observer suggested it could signal a shift to outsourcing.
Patrick Thibodeau | 29 May | Read more
The US Department of Justice said 10 people were indicted today for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy.
Michael Cooney | 23 May | Read more
Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review of publicly available information has found.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 Oct | Read more
The central system built to support Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges has successfully completed security testing and is set begin operating on October 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 11 Sep | Read more
Treasury audit uncovers poor management of software licenses at the agency
John P. Mello Jr. | 23 Aug | Read more
Shutting down what is believed to be the biggest online money laundering organization will make it a lot harder for cybercriminals to operate
Antone Gonsalves | 28 May | Read more
Internal Revenue Service told CSO it does not use emails to target taxpayers, but the agency did not address the use of subpoenas
Antone Gonsalves | 12 Apr | Read more
The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that there are plenty of scam artists and cybercriminals that want your money.
Michael Cooney | 26 Mar | Read more
The approach of the April 15 filing deadline for filing federal income taxes has tax scammers popping up in larger numbers online even as a new phishing trend called long-lining is starting to pick up steam.
John P. Mello Jr. | 05 Mar | Read more
As IRS battles scams, phishing techniques morph into new threat
John P. Mello Jr. | 04 Mar | Read more