According to the Associated Press, the IRS has disclosed a hack where blackhats "used an online service provided by the agency" to access data for more than 100,000 taxpayers.
The IRS issued a statement today saying the compromised system was "Get Transcript." The AP reports thieves were able to bypass the security screen requiring user information such as SSN, date of birth, and street address. The IRS has shut down the service currently, and it claims "Get Transcript" was targeted for more than two months between February and mid-May.
Thus far, neither the AP nor the IRS has detailed exactly what information was obtained by hackers ("tax returns and other tax information on file with the IRS," according to the AP). Precisely how the attackers were able to bypass the necessary login screen has not been revealed at this time either.
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