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IRS identity theft victims wait nearly two years for refunds as DOGE cuts deepen a 500,000-case backlog the National Taxpayer ...

Data breaches and identity theft have become so commonplace that people often ignore notices about the latest breach of their personal information. "I just delete it. I don't pay any attention to it," ...

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Long delays at the IRS are leaving tax-related identity theft victims waiting without access to their tax refunds, resulting ...

Children are a target of identity theft for many reasons. At the top of the list is they don't typically have credit reports. Holly Johnson is a credit card expert and writer who covers rewards and ...

Americans are feeling less confident about finding a job easily, and scams are not helping. Victims of job scams shared an average of four types of personal information per incident, such as their ...

Ed Landing, a retired state geologist and a victim of identity theft, looks over documents he's put together as he tries to get back his stolen IRS federal tax return refund (Photo by John Carl ...

A federal identity monitoring program created after the hack is ending, affecting employees whose information was exposed and raising questions about long-term responsibility once protections expire.

Two Washington women pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $229,000 through identity theft using stolen mail. Learn how to ...