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Post by Doka » 10-05-2017 12:48 AM

If this doesn't make you feel like you have been eating rocks, your dead. The IRS has no rules you know, any over site on it, is a huge "Joke"! And a "No Bid Contract" no less. Equifax has no choice. Keeping Your Data Safe, Ha!





This Isn't A Joke: The IRS Just Hired Equifax To Safeguard Taxpayer Data

by Tyler Durden

Oct 4, 2017 6:40 PM


Just hours after Equifax CEO Rick Smith wrapped up his testimony before the House Energy and Commerce committee – the first in a series of Congressional “fact-finding missions” about the hack - Politico reported that the IRS last week awarded the disgraced credit monitoring bureau with a $7.25 no-bid contract even as the company struggled to address suspicions that it mislead investors and customers by withholding information about one of the most damaging data breaches in US history.

Equifax famously waited more than a month to disclose that hackers had infiltrated its servers and absconded with the sensitive financial information of more than 140 million customers, sparking widespread outrage that only intensified after reporters discovered that several of the company’s senior executives – including its CFO – cashed out of shares and options in the weeks before the company came clean about the hack.

According to the terms of the IRS contract, Equifax would be responsible for verifying taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week.

As if the IRS's decision to entrust the disgraced credit bureau with sensitive taxpayer data wasn't galling enough, the agency seemingly fast-tracked the contract by classifying it as a “sole source order” – a designation that allows the agency to circumvent the bidding process by claiming a given vendor is the only one capable of executing the contract. However, the agency's justification for this designation is baffling, considering that there are two other credit bureaus in the US that offer a nearly identical suite of services.


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Riddick, got a better link for your story?
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Doka wrote: 10-05-2017 01:02 AM Riddick, got a better link for your story?
Is it not working for you? Try this link to Google's cached page
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Re: This Isn't A Joke: The IRS Just Hired Equifax To Safeguard Taxpayer Data

Post by Riddick » 10-05-2017 01:44 AM

Doka wrote: 10-05-2017 12:48 AM If this doesn't make you feel like you have been eating rocks, your dead. The IRS has no rules you know, any over site on it, is a huge "Joke"! And a "No Bid Contract" no less. Equifax has no choice. Keeping Your Data Safe, Ha!
The financial sector couldn't be safer with Equifax's ace security expert on the case! Rest assured hereon, any hackers try to get their hands on consumer or taxpayer data, Barney Fife will nip it in the bud -

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Post by kbot » 10-05-2017 11:51 AM

:mrgreen: Needed that laugh..........

Here's another company that was hit recently:

Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails

One of the world’s “big four” accountancy firms has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients, the Guardian can reveal.

Deloitte, which is registered in London and has its global headquarters in New York, was the victim of a cybersecurity attack that went unnoticed for months.

One of the largest private firms in the US, which reported a record $37bn (£27.3bn) revenue last year, Deloitte provides auditing, tax consultancy and high-end cybersecurity advice to some of the world’s biggest banks, multinational companies, media enterprises, pharmaceutical firms and government agencies.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ret-emails
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Post by Doka » 10-05-2017 11:19 PM

What the heck is going on? Do we have An IRS bid for supreme power? They certainly don't have much standing in their way. Of all the government bureaucracies, this is one, that can be very dangerous to every thing we still may hold dear ,if it goes rogue. OK, I'm taking an aspirin and going to bed, maybe nothing here!?
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MORE EQUIFAX NEWS: WEEKEND UPDATE

Post by Riddick » 10-14-2017 01:29 AM

Equifax Disables Web Page As Security Teams Investigate
The company closed down a customer help webpage after 'malicious content' was found

Equifax Hackers Targeted 15.2 Million UK Records
The company admitted nearly double the number of UK customers had their information stolen and millions more may have had their details compromised.

IRS Suspends Equifax Contract After Pressure From U.S. Congress
The IRS said it suspended the contract as “a precautionary step” while the agency reviews the company’s security systems. Members of Congress from both political parties expressed outrage over the no-bid $7.25 million IRS contract
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