Data security

The cloud hosting provider experienced a ransomware attack that affected a third of its firm clients in California and Texas.

The recently disclosed breach came from the commission's test filing system.

The commission has been aware of the breach since 2016.

The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations allowing truncated Taxpayer Identification Numbers on the Form W-2 to help protect people’s Social Security Numbers from identity theft.

The IRS’s ‘Don’t Take the Bait’ campaign shares tactics for protecting client data and practitioner systems.

While tax season is a period rife with hacking attempts, cybercriminals don’t take any time off. Accountants have to be vigilant with safety year-round, says cybersecurity expert Kevin O’Brien.

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The IRS is warning about possible fake charity scams emerging due to Hurricane Harvey.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Computer Security Incident Response Center is preventing some cybersecurity violations, but could use some improvements, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning a series of actions in the coming months to improve e-Services usability and security on the online apps.

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The Internal Revenue Service will be bringing back its IRS Data Retrieval Tool on October 1 for people applying for federal student aid.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an urgent warning Monday about a new phishing scheme in which a scam email purporting to originate from the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is actually part of a ransomware effort to take computer information hostage.

One of the most important sources of protection? The humble engagement letter.

Hilderbrand & Clark, a CPA firm based in San Ramon, Calif., disclosed it detected unauthorized access to its computer systems from abroad while filing tax returns.

‘Refund locks’ would make taxpayer information useless to identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service spent the extra $290 million appropriated by Congress last year to improve taxpayer service and cybersecurity and safeguard against identity theft, according to a new report.

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California Society of Tax Consultants members can now get VeriFyle for free.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has released a new survey raising questions about how accountants and businesses around the world are dealing with ethical challenges prompted by various technology trends.