WASHINGTON: Hackers stole information on 100,000 taxpayers from the online computers of the US Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax agency said.
The IRS said the unidentified cyber thieves used information on the specific taxpayers from sources outside the agency to access the accounts, which included crucial identifying information such as birth dates, addresses and social security numbers.
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