Security News > 2022 > September > IRS data leak exposes personal info of 120,000 taxpayers
On Friday, the IRS disclosed that in addition to sharing Form 990-T data for charities, they also accidentally included data for taxpayers' IRAs that was not meant to be public.
"The IRS recently discovered that some machine-readable Form 990-T data made available for bulk download section on the Tax Exempt Organization Search should not have been made public," the IRS disclosed on Friday.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the data leak exposed info for approximately 120,000 taxpayers and included names, contact information, and reported income for those IRAs.
The IRS states that the data did not include social security numbers, individual tax returns, or detailed account-holder information.
According to the Wall Street Journal, an IRS research employee discovered the data leak, which triggered a report to Congress on Friday.
The IRS states that the data has been removed and that they will send notifications to affected taxpayers in the coming weeks.