From HMRC to 47 mln after criminals entered 100,000 taxpayer accounts

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Organized criminals, HM income and $ 37 million from £ 47 million from customs.

One warn The attack on the tax authority’s website is “an attempt to demand money from HMRC” and some customers are unauthorized access to online accounts. “

Angela MacDonald, Deputy Head of HMRC, “Masquerad” as taxpayers of criminals, 47 mln.

Disclosure MacDonald and John-Paul Marx, the new CEO of HMRC recently gave evidence of the recently fired agency Treasury Treasury Chamber and Customer Service performance.

MPs did not disclose the attack before HMRC, Chair Dame Meg Hillier with Hillier, “It will be waiting for this – when you are in the committee’s room,” he said, “he said,” he said.

HMRC said that “any misrepresentation of tax records” and “any incorrect information was removed from the tax records.”

Signs in the post since April, said the incident occurred in December and had affected the accounts of about 100,000 taxpayers.

According to him, the affected taxpayers should not take any measures and the situation was controlled.

“It stressed that the share population is 0.2 percent, about 100,000 people, our written and 100,000 people,” they do not have financial loss. “

“This was phishing of the crimes organized for external identity information,” said criminals wanted to use the identity information to pay for IDs from HMRC systems or to obtain an existing account.

HMRC’s fraud investigation was established in the investigation and the criminal investigation was launched, some arrests were made last year.

MacDonald, who started in August 2020, said 47 mn was “very money and very unacceptable.” He added that the HMRC was “in total, in the last tax year” attacks are worth $ 1.9 billion, which wanted to be taken from us, he said.

“For a while,” he said, “A while,” said HMRC’s accounts and HMRC’s “speaking to the original customer.”

Separately, several HMRC’s phone lines fell down on Wednesday due to a system cut. Authorities said the cut was not affected by the phishing attack.

Last year, the National Audit Office said that the public spending guard, HMRC Customer service was “in a spiral”. Funding pressures, actions to reduce work cuts and expenses – by encouraging taxpayers to manage online – worse calling performance.

Speaking with MPs, four main priorities for the leadership, four main priorities for the leadership: The year improves £ 7.5 billion and customer services, including customer services, including “improve our cyber flooring” and increasing trust and badges.

“As a result, we want to be a modern reliable tax authority. We know that trust is well-compliance, to pay and work,” he said.