In Britain, scammers stole $60,000,000 dollars from the tax authorities

Fraudsters committed a large-scale theft of 47 million pounds sterling (equivalent to 64 million dollars) from the budget of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the UK.

According to available data, the perpetrators gained unauthorized access to the personal accounts of more than 100 thousand British citizens. Using the stolen data, the criminals filed applications for social benefits on behalf of unsuspecting taxpayers.

Angela MacDonald, Deputy Chief Executive of HMRC, revealed details of the incident, reporting that the criminals successfully received three large payments totaling 47 million pounds sterling (64 million dollars).

The Chief Executive of the tax authority, Jim Harra, described the incident as an "organized criminal phishing attack" aimed at stealing user identification data from HMRC information systems.