IRS: Data Leak Affected Many More Taxpayers Than Previously Said

Tax officials say details of hundreds of thousands of people were leaked.

The IRS building in Washington on March 25, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Information on more than 400,000 taxpayers was leaked by an IRS contractor, the tax agency said in a newly disclosed letter.

Acting IRS Commissioner Douglas W. O'Donnell wrote in the letter dated Feb. 14 and released to the public on Feb. 25 that Charles Littlejohn “inappropriately disclosed” information on 405,427 taxpayers.