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U.S. tax officials want to establish a new office in the coming months to consolidate internal and external cybersecurity efforts and boost investigations into suspected hackers and profit-motivated criminals who operate online. The Advanced Collaboration and Data Center, or ACDC, which may launch next spring, will draw agents and resources from IRS Criminal Investigation and other branches of the Treasury Department, as well as blockchain analytics firms and other private entities, Jim Lee, chief of IRS CI, told reporters during a press call Thursday to discuss the agency's latest annual report. Agents assigned to the ACDC will work from Northern...