Collaborate Disseminate
Back in 2016 we blogged about a major set of arrests in India and the United States related to a call center scam imitating the IRS. (See “Major Call Center Scam Revealed – 56 Indicted”)
This post is to just share an update on that case. T… Continue reading IRS Call Scammers Sentenced in Texas
A Treasury Department watchdog says the Internal Revenue Service has made progress in improving its identity management controls for people filing their taxes online, but still has some work to do when it comes to identifying fraudulent profiles and activity. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which audits the IRS, released a report Thursday appraising the agency’s implementation and improvement of authentication controls. TIGTA credited the IRS for requiring taxpayers to use two-factor authentication to log on to use the IRS’s online services. The auditor also said the IRS improved its ability to automatically to monitor activity across different systems and detect any anomalies. “Using this tool, the Cyber Fraud Analytics group identified fraudulent activity in which fraudsters improperly used data stolen from sources outside of the IRS to successfully perpetrate a small number of targeted attacks,” TIGTA said. However, the auditor added that those monitoring tools need […]
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