New concerns: IRS is not protecting Obamacare info from hackers

Published December 9, 2013 5:00am ET



Two House members on Monday raised new questions about the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to protect personal information of Obamacare users from computer hackers.

Citing a Treasury audit questioning the IRS system to fight hackers, Reps. Diane Black, R-Tenn., and Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., said that sensitive taxpayer information could be at risk to theft and abuse.

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