Peregrine

Simply, un-excusably Amazing.

The recent MSNBC story, “Computer security problems found at IRS,” discusses security problems found at the IRS. One of the more interesting items:

Sixty-one of the 102 people who got the test calls, including managers and a contractor, complied with a request that the employee provide his or her user name and temporarily change his or her password to one the caller suggested, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, an office that does oversight of Internal Revenue Service.

But even more disturbing:

Only eight of the 102 employees contacted either the inspector general’s office or IRS security offices to validate the legitimacy of the caller.