- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 12th, 2016
Seagate Sued by Own Staff After Exec Falls for Phishing Scam
Employees are reporting tax fraud attempts
- Google News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 3rd, 2016
Police Raid Google Spain HQ in Second European Tax Fraud Investigation
Spanish authorities now take inspiration from their French neighbors and raid Google offices in Madrid
- Google News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 24th, 2016
Police Raid Google France HQ in Huge Tax Fraud Investigation
100 French tax officers storm Google's Paris HQ
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 7th, 2016
Seagate Employee Falls for Phishing Scam, Exposes Thousands of Tax Forms
Seagate employee falls victim to the same email scam that a poor Snapchat employee fell for a week ago
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 3rd, 2016
IRS Incompetency: Using Hacked Data to Protect Hacked Victims
IRS anti-fraud system uses data lost in previous data breach
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 27th, 2016
IRS: Remember That 100,000 Taxpayers Data Breach? It Was Actually 700,000
IRS officials concludes May 2015 data breach investigation
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 19th, 2016
IRS Warns of a 400 Percent Rise in Tax-Related Phishing Emails
Tax-themed incidents have reached record numbers this year
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 3rd, 2015
IRS Employee Files Hundreds of Fraudulent Tax Returns
Woman runs scheme for 3 years, gets over $300,000
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 27th, 2015
Cybercriminals Get 100,000 Tax Records via Internal Revenue Service Website
Crooks tried to access a total of 200,000 tax records
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 27th, 2015
Prison Guard Steals Inmate Info for Tax Fraud
Fraud operation was carried out over a period of three years
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 17th, 2015
Department of Labor Employee Steals SSNs from Unemployment Insurance Database
Full set of details acquired illegally remains undisclosed
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 15th, 2015
Cybercriminals Hunt Human Resource Records at IHSS Consortium
Fraudulent IRS tax returns may have been filed
- Data Breaches
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 23rd, 2011
Holocaust Survivor Information Sold for $1000 (€700)
The information could have been utilized to commit tax fraud
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 4th, 2011
FBI Uses Stingray to Locate Identity Thief
They claim they were acting within the law when they used the tracking device
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- July 5th, 2010
Eleven Ukrainian Fraudsters Sent to Jail in UK
Stole £4.5 million through tax fraud