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What should have been a trustworthy digital service has been compromised, in the latest sign that the U.S. government can’t be relied upon to keep the personal data of its citizens safe. On May 26, the Internal Revenue Service disclosed that sophisticated criminals had stolen tax information from 104,000 Americans via the IRS’ “Get Transcript” online service, which allows taxpayers to order copies of their own tax returns and other filings. The perpetrators, whom IRS officials believe were based in Russia and other countries, accessed the transcripts by using people’s personal information that had already been leaked elsewhere to answer the multiple-step authentication process the IRS had set up for the service.
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In this Feb. 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California…View original post 16 more words
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