{"id":41362,"date":"2021-06-15T23:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cc1049da-cda8-45b5-a372-d394f678a7e0"},"modified":"2021-06-15T23:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:26:35","slug":"gao-urges-irs-to-adopt-tougher-data-security-as-turbotax-grapples-with-compromised-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/gao-urges-irs-to-adopt-tougher-data-security-as-turbotax-grapples-with-compromised-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"GAO urges IRS to adopt tougher data security as TurboTax grapples with compromised accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/08\/28\/08a192fd-9d45-46f8-81b4-1ea896d164ba\/thumbnail\/770x578\/0a35511c318488c0a118e871d29128a3\/irs-begins-tax-clampdown-on-unreported-c-5d6376dee7f9cf00012c6c17-1-aug-28-2019-19-23-45-poster.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The IRS and Government Accountability Office are locked in a dispute over data security, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-21-547pr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">a letter sent by the GAO<\/a> to Charles Rettig, commissioner of the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the GAO said that since May 2019 it has suggested the IRS &#8220;develop a governance structure or steering committee to coordinate all aspects of IRS&#8217;s efforts to protect taxpayer information while at third-party providers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the IRS has said it agrees with the recommendation but does not believe it has the &#8220;explicit authority to establish security requirements for the information systems of paid preparers and others who electronically file,&#8221; according to the GAO report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to believe that IRS could implement this recommendation without additional statutory authority,&#8221; the GAO letter said. &#8220;Without this structure, it is unclear how IRS will adapt to changing security threats in the future and ensure those threats are mitigated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Lucas-Judy, a GAO director overseeing work on the IRS, explained in the letter that the IRS continues to hold this view and reiterated their stance in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lucas-Judy added that the only way the IRS feels it could establish data safeguarding policies and implement strategies enforcing compliance with those policies would be through a &#8220;centralized leadership structure&#8221; that would need statutory authority clearly communicating the authority of IRS to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the IRS, beefing up data security would be &#8220;inefficient, ineffective, and costly use of resources&#8221; without the authority of a leadership structure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_zd_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\"> <\/section>\n<p>But Lucas-Judy said the IRS has seven different offices across the agency working on information security-related activities that &#8220;could benefit from centralized oversight and coordination.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These activities include updating existing standards, monitoring Authorized e-file Provider program compliance, and tracking security incident reports,&#8221; Lucas-Judy wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GAO report came just days after Intuit was forced to notify TurboTax users of a breach following a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/intuit-notifies-customers-of-compromised-turbotax-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">account takeover attacks<\/a> earlier this month, according to Bleeping Computer. Attackers gained full access to the tax returns of an unknown number of people and Intuit was forced to disable the compromised accounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By accessing your account, the unauthorized party may have obtained information contained in a prior year&#8217;s tax return or your current tax return in progress, such as your name, Social Security number, address(es), date of birth, driver&#8217;s license number and financial information (e.g., salary and deductions), and information of other individuals contained in the tax return,&#8221; Intuit said in a breach notification letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/multiple-turbotax-customer-accounts-hacked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">obtained by TechRadar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The breach was discovered during a security review that was regularly scheduled. The company<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/no-intuit-data-breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\"> routinely notifies users<\/a> whose accounts are accessed &#8220;by a third party using legitimate log-in credentials that Intuit believes were obtained from sources outside the company.&#8221; Intuit confirmed in this instance that it was not a &#8220;systemic data breach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yaniv Bar-Dayan, CEO of Vulcan Cyber, said the IRS needed to be more urgent about protecting itself against cyber threats considering the government is still dealing with the ramifications of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-solarwinds-attack-took-more-than-1000-engineers-to-create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SolarWinds attack<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately threat actors aren&#8217;t going to sit around and wait. 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