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NewsBot 3rd Aug 07 09:02 PM

Computer security problems found at IRS
 
*Source: MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20108530/)*
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WASHINGTON - IRS employees ignored security rules and turned over sensitive computer information to a caller posing as a technical support person, according to a government study.

Sixty-one of the 102 people who got the test calls, including managers and a contractor, complied with a request that the employee provide his or her user name and temporarily change his or her password to one the caller suggested, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, an office that does oversight of Internal Revenue Service.

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