[PCWorld]

Post your comments for IRS Systems Found Vulnerable here

[shippou]

I think they are running Windows. They should have had Red Hat or OpenSuSe installed.

[dennisl59]

Your government taxpayer money at work. Has anyone read pages 5 thru 7? Just an example of "good enough for government work". My home systems have more security.

These people just don't care because they can't be FIRED!!!

[tmockingbird44]

most of the findings refer to an application known as the 'security auditing and analysis system" (saas) of which i am a developer. i'm an irs gov't employee. this app is the most incredible cluster fork that i have ever seen. it was originally coded by "the prime aliance" group of contractors for $250M using a dead language (SAS). In 2008 the prime aliance was relieve of ownership due to their massive failure. The situation is no better in the hands of the government. my manager provides no leadership or direction. solutions are ignored or shot down. it's as if he has no desire to fix it.
i'm leaving this job in 2 weeks.
cheers.