U.S. authorities are investigating a distributed-denial-of-service attack that hit internet performance management company Dyn‘s managed domain name system infrastructure, USA Today reported Friday. Eli Blumenthal and Elizabeth Weise write that Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and PayPal were among the
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The Treasury Department has started to accept electronic payments via PayPal and Dwolla services options in a move to transition from paper-based processes. The department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced Wednesday
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The Internal Revenue Service’s plans to implement new rules for reporting credit card transactions could create burdens for taxpayers and problems for the IRS, a Treasury Department audit says. The Treasury Inspector
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In an effort to better fight online fraud, the private sector and the government have released a new online-fraud alert service designed to facilitate information sharing concerning compromised accounts. Microsoft, eBay and
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