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10-03-2017, 05:03 PM #1
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax
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Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who stepped down after the breach, endured a bipartisan shaming Tuesday at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax
The no-bid contract was issued last week, as the company continued facing fallout from its massive security breach.
By STEVEN OVERLY and NANCY SCOLA
10/03/2017 03:52 PM EDT
The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach that exposed personal information of as many as 145.5 million Americans.
A contract award for Equifax's data services was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities database Sept. 30 — the final day of the fiscal year. The credit agency will "verify taxpayer identity" and "assist in ongoing identity verification and validations" at the IRS, according to the award.
The notice describes the contract as a "sole source order," meaning Equifax is the only company deemed capable of providing the service. It says the order was issued to prevent a lapse in identity checks while officials resolve a dispute over a separate contract.
The IRS and Equifax did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Equifax disclosed a cybersecurity breach in September that potentially compromised the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 145 million Americans — data that security experts have described as the crown jewels for identity thieves. The company is one of three major credit reporting bureaus whose data determine whether consumers qualify for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and other financial commitments.
The company has subsequently taken criticism for issuing confusing instructions to consumers, which contained language that appeared aimed at limiting customers' ability to sue, as well as tweeting out a link to a fake website instead of its own security site. The Justice Department later opened a criminal investigation into three Equifax executives who sold almost $1.8 million of their company stock before the breach was publicly disclosed, Bloomberg has reported.
Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who stepped down after the breach, endured a bipartisan shaming Tuesday at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. The full committee's Republican chairman, Greg Walden of Oregon, proclaimed: "It's like the guards at Fort Knox forgot to lock the doors.
The IRS, which has suffered its own embarrassing data breaches as well as a tidal wave of tax-identity fraud, has taken steps to improve its outdated information technology with the help of $106.4 million that Congress earmarked for cybersecurity upgrades and identity theft prevention efforts.
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) questioned the agency's security systems in a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen last month. Hatch said he was concerned that the IRS lacked the technology necessary "to safeguard the integrity of our tax administration system.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/1...ontract-243419
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10-03-2017, 06:37 PM #2
This contract needs to be withdrawn. The IRS can not or at least should not be disseminating taxpayer information to any outside company let alone one that can't keep its own records confidential.
Pass the FairTax and end all this stupid IRS nonsense that doesn't pay the bills, hurts the US economy, and threatens the security of Americans.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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10-03-2017, 07:19 PM #3
THE IRS IS ALREADY FULL OF FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE
THIS IS A SICK JOKE!
THEY GIVE ILLEGAL ALIENS BILLIONS IN TAX REFUNDS
NO WAY!!!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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10-03-2017, 08:00 PM #4
What's been going on in our country is an absolute sickness. It's an infectious disease of treason, betrayal, con artists, thieves, murderers, drug dealers, gang members, moochers, whiners, bribery, payola, fraud, schemes, plots, dishonor, special treatment, above the law, outside the law, and in spite of the law actions. There is is no redemption, no excuse, no sob story, no pity party, no situation at all that warrants one dime of taxpayer money or one minute of American time or effort expended on behalf of illegal aliens except a swift common sense 2 question hearing and immediate deportation.
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