Recently the IRS announced a data breach. It seems that someone got a hold of all of the personal information for at least 100,000 people and with that information were able to get transcripts of taxpayers IRS accounts. The IRS servers themselves were not breached, but rather this group used information obtained elsewhere to answer all the verification questions on the IRS website (not an easy task) and were able to get transcripts on those accounts.
The IRS servers are safe and the Get Transcript system has been shut down.
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Statement-on-the-Get-Transcript-Application
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