IRS website attack nets e-filing credentials for 101,000 taxpayers

​The US Internal Revenue Service was the target of a malware attack that netted electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 social security numbers, the agency disclosed Tuesday...​

​Agency officials are flagging the accounts of all affected taxpayers and plan to notify them by mail of the incident.​

​http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/irs-website-attack-nets-e-filing-credentials-for-101000-taxpayers/​

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