Just a few weeks after the recent database attack at Target including credit card information, there have been many emails that have been sent out from the website of credit card companies. These emails indicate what they were doing in order to fight these types of incidents. On the other hand, according to the Internal Revenue Service, you can also be a victim of identity thefts when you’re processing tax returns. The said agency has doubled their staff that aims to battle and handle identity cases. This has been done since last year, which brings the total to about 3,000. Aside from that, they have about 35,000 employees working with any taxpayer to handle and recognize identity as it occurs. For more about this story, check out the source.
Source: Boston
