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Kansas City IRS data lost
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:58:01 -0600
From Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/5469430.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal investigators blame city officials for the loss in 2006 of 26 IRS computer tapes containing taxpayer information. In a heavily redacted report obtained by The Kansas City Star through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration said the city failed to follow "proper safeguards for protecting federal tax return information." The tapes were delivered to City Hall in August 2006 to help revenue officials make sure people living or working in Kansas City are paying the 1 percent city earnings tax. City officials said they realized the tapes were missing in late 2006, touching off the investigation that began on Dec. 19, 2006, and lasted until Nov. 1, 2007. The tapes have never been found. "The investigation revealed the city did not follow and was not following the proper safeguards for protecting federal tax return information," the inspectors wrote. The information released to The Star and published in a story Saturday did not elaborate on the city's mistakes. Most of the information in the 42 pages provided to the paper was blacked out, and the agency said it wasn't handing over another 105 pages because that "could impede its law enforcement activities." The IRS has never said what was on the tapes, how many taxpayers may have been affected or whether taxpayers would be told of the lost information. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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