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The Tax Data Heist That Put Booz Allen in the Treasury’s Crosshairs
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Subscribe28 JAN 2026 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES
Charles Edward Littlejohn, a contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton at the IRS, perpetrated the largest IRS data breach in history, leaking sensitive tax information, including those of high-profile figures such as Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos, among others. The fallout led to the cancellation of $21m worth of contracts with Booz Allen by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, highlighting the importance of data security and internal systems checks within companies handling sensitive information.
What happens when the firm trusted to guard America’s most sensitive tax data gets blindsided from the inside? You don’t just get a breach, you get a full-blown credibility crisis. That is exactly what unfolded when Charles Edward Littlejohn, a Booz Allen...
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