IRS thinks data breach came from Russia
But US Congress still wants answers over how such a breach was allowed to happen - could an 11 per cent fall in cyber-security employees be to blame?
The US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) believes that the catastrophic data breach it suffered, which enabled criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people, originated in Russia. The...
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