In an official statement issued today, the IRS announced that it has shut down a…

In an official statement issued today, the IRS announced that it has shut down an online service to obtain tax records. An initial review of that activity revealed that "access was gained to more than 100,000 accounts through the Get Transcript application," according to the statement.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Statement-on-the-Get-Transcript-Application

IRS Statement on the "Get Transcript" Application
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The IRS announced today that criminals used taxpayer-specific data acquired from non-IRS sources to gain unauthorized access to information on approximately 100,000 tax accounts through IRS’ “Get Transcript” application. This data included Social Security information, date of birth and street addres…