Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years ago

According to CNN, the Treasury Department cut ties with Booz Allen Hamilton and announced it was canceling $21 million in federal contracts after one of the firm’s ex-employees leaked President Trump’s tax returns. The statement from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent referenced Charles Littlejohn, a onetime Booz employee who is now serving a five-year prison term for stealing tax return information while contracting at the IRS.

“Booz Allen failed to implement adequate safeguards to protect sensitive data, including the confidential taxpayer information it had access to through its contracts with the Internal Revenue Service,” Bessent said in the statement. A Booz Allen spokesperson disputed some of Bessent’s claims in a statement to CNN.