Hackers Hit the IRS – Daily Security Byte EP.88

Corey Nachreiner

9 years ago

Today, the IRS admitted that criminal attackers leveraged one of their online apps to steal tax records from 100,000 victims. Watch they video to learn how they did it, and what the IRS intends to do to protect US taxpayers.

(Episode Runtime: 2:21)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ej6xgkAjA

EPISODE REFERENCES:

IRS’s official warning about the Get Transcript breach – IRS.gov
Hackers steal 100K tax records from IRS – Wired

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)