IRS Left Taxpayer Data Vulnerable and Lied About It

Posted by Unknown on Saturday November 23, 2013 @02:18AM from the close-enough dept.

Bruce66423 writes with news that the IRS hasn't made much progress improving its poor IT security. From the article: "The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that the IRS had only partially implemented 42 percent of the corrective plans it checked off as completed in recent years. ... The review (PDF) showed that the IRS failed to properly track its progress toward completing many of the fixes auditors had recommended in recent years. The agency closed most of the cases without adequate documentation and did not always upload the necessary information into a database that helps ensure compliance."

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Say it ain't so! by amiga3D · 2013-11-23 02:20 · Score: 3, Funny

A Federal agency lying? Surely not.
Hey, I have an idea by Kohath · 2013-11-23 02:55 · Score: 2, Funny

We should put these guys in charge of our health care!
That settles it by frovingslosh · 2013-11-23 04:59 · Score: 3, Funny

If they are going to be that way with my private data, I'm going to stop using their service.

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