Hackers have stolen data linked to more than 100,000 U.S. taxpayers, the federal tax agency said Tuesday. The data breach includes tax return data on other unspecified personal information.
At a news conference, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said criminals made about 200,000 attempts to access tax information; 100,000 of those attempts, made from February to mid-May, were successful. Koskinen said criminals claimed almost $50 million from the agency.
The IRS says criminals gained access to the accounts through its online service Get Transcript, which the agency shut down temporarily. The data stolen included taxpayers' Social Security information, birthdays and addresses.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
