A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers alternative to ID.me
The agency sparked controversy over its decision to deploy facial recognition technology from the company to vet taxpayers' identity.
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ID.me misled IRS on processing times for identity verification, congressional investigators found
Wait times to receive identity verification were more than double than what ID.me initially represented to the IRS.
House panel launches probe of government contracts with identity verification company ID.me
The committee twice cited CyberScoop reporting on the firm.
Emotet’s tax-season phishing is back with new tricks
Researchers at Cofense say the operators behind the Emotet botnet "have upped their game" for 2022's tax season.
IRS announces it will stop use of facial recognition for identity verification
The decision by IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig comes after mounting backlash from lawmakers and privacy and civil liberties advocates.
Lawmakers want IRS to address security concerns with use of facial recognition on taxpayers
There are bipartisan calls from Capitol Hill for the tax-collection agency to consider several potential privacy and security threats posed by ID.me's technology.
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ID.me CEO backtracks on claims company doesn’t use powerful facial recognition tech
The company had said it didn't use 1:many facial recognition.
Deposits to illicit crypto addresses nearly doubled in 2021, Chainalysis finds
Theft of DeFi grew 2,000%, researchers found.
IRS used vape store receipts to gather evidence against alleged Ukrainian scammer
A number of innocuous messages proved valuable for U.S. investigators trying to slow an accused identity thief.
Hacker, money launderer sentenced to prison for scamming tax preparers and COVID-19 relief programs
The scheme, which included a money laundering operation, netted $280,000 from COVID-19 relief in one state alone.