Day: April 2, 2022

On 29 and 21 March, the Krebs on Security blog reported on hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISP and social media companies.  This involves forged “emergency data requests” (EDR) sent through hacked police or government agency email accounts. 

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/fake-emergency-search-warrants-draw-scrutiny-from-capitol-hill/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/hackers-gaining-power-of-subpoena-via-fake-emergency-data-requests/

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On 1 April, ICAEW reported that the OECD had released a public consultation document looking at 2 areas to improve the automatic exchange of financial account information between the tax authorities of different jurisdictions. It concerns a new framework for the automatic exchange of information on crypto assets, known as the crypto-asset reporting framework (CARF); and extending the scope of the common reporting standard (CRS) to cover electronic money products and central bank digital currencies. 

https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2022/April-2022/OECD-consults-on-exchanging-information-about-crypto-assets

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