Here’s what we have for you today:
• GoDaddy going south
• IRS knows it
• FBI attacked again
IRS coming for you
The jump: IRS is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its agents to secretly obtain financial records, without ever notifying the account holders.
US Constitution: This will have massive implications for the Fourth Amendment rights of taxpayers nationwide.
Potential power: If the Supreme Court sides with the IRS, the ruling would grant the agency basically unfettered power to seek the complete financial records of who they want under their jurisdiction.
GoDaddy go bonkers
Care to know: Confirmed by the hosting company, an unknown threat actor was in GoDaddy’s systems for several years, installing malware, stealing code, and attacking the company’s customers.
The repeat: GoDaddy believes that their data breaches in March 2020 and November 2021 were all linked.
How many? During the November 2021 incident, the user data of some 1.2 million of its customers were accessed by the attackers.
FBI got compromised
Government attack: Another cyber-attack seems to have breached the network belonging to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Feel safer? “This is an isolated incident that has been contained. As this is an ongoing investigation the FBI does not have further comment to provide at this time.”
The norm: Government organizations are some of the most targeted firms, together with telecoms firms, healthcare organizations, and the education and learning industry.