Article 343R2 After massive breach Equifax gets $7.25m no-bid IRS contract "prevent fraud"

After massive breach Equifax gets $7.25m no-bid IRS contract "prevent fraud"

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Cory Doctorow
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On September 29, weeks after Equifax admitted to having lost the most sensitive financial and personal information of 143,000,000 Americans (but a week before Equifax admitted that the total was actually 145,500,000) (and counting), the IRS awarded the company a no-bid contract for $7,250,000 to verify taxpayer identities and curtail fraud. (more")

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