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IRS Rolls Out Risky Tax Processing Systems

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the history-repeats-itself dept.

GovIT Geek writes to tell us that, despite known security issues, the IRS has decided to roll out two new applications for tax processing systems. "The [IRS inspector general] concluded in a September annual audit that security weaknesses in the agency's updated tax processing systems could enable malicious intruders to gain unauthorized access to taxpayer information and prevent the IRS from recovering applications during an emergency. The Customer Account Data Engine is a tax processing tool being deployed in phases to replace the existing repositories of taxpayer information, while the Account Management Services systems aim to provide employees with faster and better access to taxpayer account data."

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  1. Soon Trinity will be hacking the IRS dBase... by mellon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this is terribly unfair. It should at least be a *challenge*.

    1. Re:Soon Trinity will be hacking the IRS dBase... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

      She still has to get past IRS Agent Smith.

      You hear that Mr. Anderson?...
      That is the sound of inevitability...
      It is the sound of your audit.

  2. Hey Massachusetts & Nevada.... by hajihill · · Score: 2, Funny

    thanks for playing.

    I think this might be a new definition for the word "moded".

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  3. sweet by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know how my taxes are getting d';update taxtable set refund = '50000000' where uid = 'jeanbaptiste';--

    1. Re:sweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I know how my taxes are getting d';update taxtable set refund = '50000000' where uid = 'jeanbaptiste';--

      Close; but to be really effective, I think you have to sneak it into the dependent's name field.

      (Irony: CAPTCHA = 'stolen'!)

  4. SSSHHHHHH!!!! by Colin+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the IRS! For crying out loud. Don't TELL them!

     

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  5. Re:Treat the IRS Like a Bank by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're making it too complex. It's much easier when you figure it thusly:

    1. How much to did you make?
    2. Give it to us.

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  6. Re:Treat the IRS Like a Bank by TubeSteak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think your tagline makes a fitting Step 3

    1. How much to did you make?
    2. Give it to us.
    3. Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time

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