Researchers Say Fiverr Left User Files Open to Google Search

Private Fiverr user documents, including tax records and IDs, were reportedly found in Google search results due to a storage configuration issue. Read more about the findings and the company’s response to the data exposure...

Leaky database exposes tax records of 20 million Russians

By Sudais According to a report by Comparitech, more than 20 million tax records were found on an unprotected Amazon Web Services AWS Elasticsearch Cluste This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Leaky database exposes tax records of 20 million Russians...

Private Eye Allegedly Used Leaky Goverment Tool in Bid to Find Tax Data on Trump

In March 2017, KrebsOnSecurity warned that thieves who perpetrate tax refund fraud with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service were leveraging a widely-used online student loan tool to find critical data on consumers that allows them to claim huge refunds with the IRS in someone else's name. This week...

IRS Releases Eighth Security Tip

The Internal Revenue Service IRS has released the eighth in a series of tips intended to help the public protect personal and financial data online and at home. A new tip will be available each Monday through the start of the tax season in January. This tip describes methods users should follow t...

Group Claims to Have Stolen Romney Tax Records from Tennessee Offices

A group claiming to have stolen tax returns belonging to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney say they want $1 million in Bitcoins by September 28 or they’ll publicly release the records worldwide. News agencies report the U.S. Secret Service is investigating the alleged data theft at th...