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IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access

Krebs on Security

was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. The IRS says it will require ID.me for all logins later this summer. McLean, Va.-based

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IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

Krebs on Security

government online. as a condition of receiving state or federal financial assistance, such as unemployment insurance, child tax credit payments, and pandemic assistance funds. to commercialize what should be a core government service.” Still, the bulk of those users are people who have been forced to sign up with ID.me

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MY TAKE: Identity ‘access’ and ‘governance’ tech converge to meet data protection challenges

The Last Watchdog

based supplier of identity access management (IAM) systems, which recently announced a partnership with Omada, a Copenhagen-based provider of identity governance administration (IGA) solutions. Governance and attestation quickly became a very big deal. Compliance became a huge driver for governance and attestation,” Curcio said. “It

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How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

Krebs on Security

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. That’s a tiny share of the estimated tens of billions of dollars in jobless benefits states have given to identity thieves in the past year. based ID.me

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MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud

Krebs on Security

In the criminal complaint against Mann (PDF), a New York FBI agent said the CEO admitted that starting in 2010 or 2011 he began borrowing large sums of money from banks and financing companies under false pretenses. ” “Mann estimated that he fraudulently obtained about $70 million that he has not paid back. 1, 2019 to Aug.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

Edcouch, TX, government hit by ransomware attack (3,000). NY, government systems accessed by unauthorised party (unknown). Virginia-based insurer Dominion National investigating data breach dating back to 2010 (unknown). million records leaked appeared first on IT Governance Blog. Ransomware. Data breaches.

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Robert Reich: “Saving Capitalism” From Itself

John Battelle's Searchblog

Most of Reich’s argument turns on this simple premise: The debate between “free markets” and “government intrusion” is a false choice. ” Government doesn’t intrude on markets,Reich argues, in fact government creates markets. .”