Gyroscopic Investing

Need I say more?  The security is weak as hell, so it's a race to the finish.  IRS.gov is especially bad in how easy it is to get all the taxpayer information needed to file fraudulent returns.

MangoMan wrote: Already signed up at SS and ACR ages ago.
How does one sign up/in to IRS.gov?

Took me a while to figure it out.  Use this link and it will let create a login account: http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript

Be advised that despite the character limits stated, it wants a lot less maximum characters for the username, password and phrase.  I also had to physically type in the password to get it to pass, despite using Roboform's generator.  Took me a bloody half an hour of retrying to finally get it to submit.  Only the government can be such a royal pain in the ass like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many thanks MG!  I wouldn't have thought to do this if you hadn't posted this.

Krebs has an article on this if you want more information.

Is there anything else you can really do with ACR besides file forms periodically to monitor for fraud?

sixdollars wrote: Is there anything else you can really do with ACR besides file forms periodically to monitor for fraud?

Not that I know of. I don't even see a way to register an account there, unless I'm missing something really obvious...

Looks like you called this one, MG!

Data Thieves Gain Access to 100,000 U.S. Taxpayers' Information: IRS

Tortoise wrote: Looks like you called this one, MG!

Data Thieves Gain Access to 100,000 U.S. Taxpayers' Information: IRS

Wish I could take the glory, but Krebs originally called it.  I was just passing it on.

"The online Get Transcript service is currently unavailable. Transcripts may still be ordered using the Get Transcript by Mail service. We apologize for any inconvenience."

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Get-Transcript

Looks like the IRS.gov URL in above posts still works....

Vinny