GAO audit finds 14 new security vulnerabilities at Internal Revenue Services’ IT infrastructure and IT infrastructure. IRS has 127 issues to resolve, including a long list of previously unresolved deficiencies. GAO report also includes 20 recommendations for improving security and mitigating flaws and misconfigurations within IRS IT systems. The recommendations are aimed at safeguarding the IRS’ infrastructure and databases, which contains financial data and other personal information on millions of U.S. taxpayers. The IRS collected nearly $3.5 trillion in federal tax payments and processed about 225 million tax returns in 2018.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/audit-finds-more-security-vulnerabilities-at-irs-a-12803