From Nextgov.com: IRS said to fail to protect taxpayer information in emails
TIGTA says many messages unauthorized, either for taxpayers or revenue service employees.
Internal Revenue Service employees are not protecting sensitive information when they communicate with taxpayers through email, federal investigators reported Thursday. According to a 2010 audit, unauthorized employees often exchanged messages with taxpayers and the IRS failed to ensure emails were indecipherable to intruders.
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