Report: IRS hacked, tax info stolen for 100,000+ by Nathan Mattise.
From the post:
According to the Associated Press, the IRS has disclosed a hack where blackhats “used an online service provided by the agency” to access data for more than 100,000 taxpayers.
The IRS issued a statement today saying the compromised system was “Get Transcript.” The AP reports thieves were able to bypass the security screen requiring user information such as SSN, date of birth, and street address. The IRS has shut down the service currently, and it claims “Get Transcript” was targeted for more than two months between February and mid-May.
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Watch Ars Technica for future updates.
BTW, the solution is not more laws, stiffer penalties for present laws, or buggy software on top of buggy software. Anyone who says differently is making money off you being insecure.
Such as software companies that release software with buffer overflow issues. To save you from following the link, buffer overflows were first identified as a security issue in 1972. Forty-three (43) years ago.
Is is it the result of lack of talent or interest that buffer overflows remain a problem to this day?
Liability for buffer overflows would be a powerful incentive for the detection and prevention of same.
No liability for buffer overflows will leave software where it has been for the last forty-three (43) years.
Your security, your choice.