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IRS OIG: The Internal Revenue Service Deployed the Modernized e-File System With Known Security Vulnerabilities

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The Internal Revenue Service Deployed the Modernized e-File System With Known Security Vulnerabilities, December 30, 2008, Reference Number: 2009-20-026

  • “The MeF system will provide a single method for filing all IRS tax returns, information returns, forms, and schedules via the Internet. The Modernized Tax Return Database (M-TRDB), a component of the Modernized e-File (MeF) system, is the authoritative store of accepted returns and extensions submitted through the MeF system. Security weaknesses in the controls over system access, monitoring of system access, and disaster recovery have continued to exist even though key phases of the MeF system and the M-TRDB have been deployed. As a result, the IRS is jeopardizing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an increasing volume of tax information for millions of taxpayers as application phases are put into operation.”
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