Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack

Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by geofft on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:53PM (#15460332)

This contract is a renewal of a previous contract with Equifax (which is why it was a "critical service that couldn't lapse"), and it involves Equifax giving data to the IRS, not the IRS giving your tax returns to Equifax.

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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by StanislavPetrov on Thursday October 12, 2017 @03:08PM (#15460453)

The IRS is most certainly giving Equifax data or they wouldn't have sent inspectors there to verify the integrity of IRS data.

>Chief information officer Girza said the IRS sent inspectors to make sure no IRS data was compromised in the Equifax breach

http://www.snopes.com/2017/10/05/equifax-contract-irs/

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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by geofft on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:29PM (#15461056)

That is nowhere close to evidence that Equifax had tax returns.

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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by bloaf on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:49PM (#15461199)

So I wonder what would happen if the IRS attempted to Eminent Domain-ify the data they needed.

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Re:Equifax takes down web page after reports of new hack by jlarocco on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:53PM (#15461977)

Meanwhile, thanks to Equifax's amazing security, everybody else can get the same data for free ;-)

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