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How IRS Security Flaws Exposes Taxpayers Information |
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Source: Taragana Network - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Billions of dollars and loads of personal information are involved in the current heavy tax season managed by Internal Revenue Service (IRS). IRS extensively depends on computerized systems to support its financial and mission-related operations. In a latest report by Government Accountability Office (GOA) it is disconcerting to see that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fails to secure private information.
According to a report from Government Accountability Office, 69% of the tax agency's already registered security flaws are unattended and continue to risk the confidentiality, integrity and availability of IRS's systems. GAO informed that the problems will place IRS at increased risk of unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction of financial and taxpayers information.
GAO provided a picture of the loopholes in security, According to them IRS
- Uses password that are not complex
- Ineffectively removes the application accounts in a timely manner for separated employees
- Allow the unencrypted transmission of user and administrator login information,
- Allows personnel excessive file and directory permission
- Install security patches in an untimely manner
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