IRS: Taxpayer info hacked

Published May 26, 2015 9:28pm ET



The Internal Revenue Service Tuesday announced a major security breach involving 100,000 taxpayer accounts that were accessed by criminals.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told reporters in a conference call that the information was gained by “organized” criminals who already had access to personal details, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth and street addresses.

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