WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement following news of a major data breach at the IRS:
“I’ve been briefed by Commissioner Koskinen on Friday and again today, and he has expressed his strongest commitment to protecting taxpayer information. He conveyed that a criminal investigation has been launched and the notification of taxpayers is underway. The Commissioner also assured me that the IRS is reviewing its systems to get to the bottom of how an organized criminal syndicate was able to use taxpayer information stolen from non-IRS sources to access taxpayer data in the ‘Get Transcript’ system. It is important that members of Congress work together to ensure that the IRS has adequate resources to carry out the vital priority of protecting confidential taxpayer information."
