Category: Government

Dear Taxpayer,

We regret to inform you that several of the IRS’ secure servers were subjected to a brute force attack by an un-named mongrel who managed to gain access to several hundred thousand U.S. taxpayer records. Those records contained additional personal information that was meant to protect you in the event of I.D. theft. Consequently, that same information can now be used to steal your identity.

Needless to say, the risk of something like this happening would have been significantly reduced if you had not provided us with all that unnecessary personal information we requested. Shame on you! You should have known better. Continue reading “I.R.F’d.”