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    IRS freezes its fraud prevention contract with Equifax

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    10.13.2017

    The IRS got a lot of flak from both ordinary citizens and lawmakers when it awarded Equifax a fraud prevention contract earlier this month. After all, they forged their partnership after the credit reporting agency revealed that it recently suffered a massive security breach that affected 145 million Americans. Now, after reports came out that an adware installer lived in the agency's website, IRS has decided to temporarily suspend the $7.2 million, no-bid contract.