The IRS is encouraging taxpayers to get an identity protection PIN (IP PIN). An IP PIN is a six-digit number that helps ...

Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says an Identity Protection PIN is how the IRS is trying to decrease the number of scammers in the millions that have committed tax fraud.

Why You Should Sign Up for the I.R.S.’s Identity Theft Prevention Tool With employees from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency poking around in agency systems, faith in data ...