Organisation
organisation:internal_revenue_service
Also: IRS
US government agency responsible for collecting taxes and processing tax returns.
US government agency responsible for collecting taxes and processing tax returns.
“Internal Revenue Service is the American tax collection agency”
“the Internal Revenue Service is the US government agency that collects taxes”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Instant knowledge-based authentication | Explicit | 26 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Equifax | Uncertain | 26 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | IRS Get Transcript breach | Explicit | 26 |
| incoming | DISCOVERED_BY | IRS Get Transcript breach | Explicit | 26 |
| incoming | PART_OF | IRS Criminal Investigation Division | Explicit | 26 |
Internal Revenue Service USES Instant knowledge-based authentication
The IRS used instant knowledge-based authentication to verify users of Get Transcript.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 26 Details
“The irs.gov website is different. They use something called instant KBA, or knowledge-based authentication.”
Internal Revenue Service ASSOCIATED_WITH Equifax
Jack says the IRS partnered with a major credit reporting company such as Equifax to obtain identity information for KBA.
Uncertain Confidence 88% · Jack Rhysider EP 26 Details
“The IRS partners with one of the big credit reporting companies like EquiFax”
IRS Get Transcript breach INVOLVES Internal Revenue Service
The incident concerned unauthorized access to taxpayer records held by the IRS.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 26 Details
“The unauthorized attempts to access information using the Get Transcript application”
IRS Get Transcript breach DISCOVERED_BY Internal Revenue Service
The IRS security center discovered the suspicious activity and later identified the unauthorized access.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 26 Details
“our cyber-security team noticed unusual activity on the Get Transcript application”
IRS Criminal Investigation Division PART_OF Internal Revenue Service
The IRS Criminal Investigation Division is described as a department within the IRS.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 26 Details
“Within the IRS is a whole department called the IRS Criminal Investigation Division”