US taxpayer data went missing thanks to IRS carelessness, says report

An IRS warehouse in Tennessee holding taxpayer data did not know it was holding taxpayer data, found a new analysis by the Treasury Department.

In fact, the top official at the warehouse learned from the inspector that taxpayer information was being stored there.

“If appropriate officials are not aware that [personally identifiable information] has been transferred into a system that was not originally designed to protect PII, they cannot adequately protect that data or take steps to prioritize necessary resources to appropriately manage the system from a security and risk perspective,” reads the audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Read more…

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