Sen. Rick Scott Sues Booz Allen Hamilton Over Massive Tax Data Breach On March 25, 2026, Florida Senator Rick Scott filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and a former employee, alleging the unauthorized leak of his tax returns and a trove of confidential tax records belonging to President Donald Trump and other high-net-worth individuals. The breach, which has sparked multiple legal actions, involves the exposure of sensitive financial data, raising concerns about security lapses at government-contracted firms handling classified information. Booz Allen Hamilton, a major defense and intelligence contractor, has faced scrutiny in the past over data protection practices. The lawsuit underscores growing tensions over cybersecurity and accountability in federal contracting, particularly as breaches involving high-profile figures draw heightened legal and public attention. Details of how the data was accessed or disseminated remain under investigation.

The Maine Attorney General's Office reported on November 14, 2022, that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Company experienced a data breach due to insider wrongdoing on April 14, 2022, affecting 28,610 individuals, including 19 Maine residents. The breach involved the compromise of Social Security Numbers, and identity theft protection services were offered for 24 months through Equifax.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation suffered an insider breach involving the sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) of active employees. A former employee obtained and downloaded a copy of an internal report that was improperly stored on an internal Share Point site. The breach compromised the PII in the report including name, Social Security number, compensation, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and U.S. Government security clearance eligibility and status as of March 29, 2021. The firm has offered employees two years of credit monitoring with Equifax.

Treasury Cancels Booz Allen Hamilton Contracts After Massive Tax Data Leak The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Monday the termination of all contracts with consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton following a major breach involving the leak of sensitive tax information. The decision comes after former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who worked for Booz Allen, was sentenced in 2024 to five years in prison for disclosing confidential tax records including those of former President Donald Trump to media outlets. Between 2018 and 2020, Littlejohn provided stolen tax data to The New York Times and ProPublica, an act prosecutors described as "unparalleled in the IRS's history." The breach exposed records belonging to approximately 406,000 individuals, though the Treasury’s statement did not explicitly mention Trump’s leaked returns. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the cancellation was necessary to "increase Americans' trust in government," citing Booz Allen’s failure to implement adequate safeguards for sensitive taxpayer data. The department had 31 active contracts with the firm, totaling $4.8 million in annual spending and $21 million in total obligations. Court documents revealed that Littlejohn intentionally sought the contractor role to access Trump’s tax returns, using his technical skills to extract data without detection. At his sentencing in January 2024, he acknowledged his actions, stating, "I used my skills to systematically violate the privacy of thousands of people." Booz Allen Hamilton has not yet commented on the termination.