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2026年1月26日 美国东部时间下午3:37 更新于10小时前
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WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had canceled all of its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, accusing the company of failing to protect sensitive data, including at the Internal Revenue Service.
华盛顿,1月26日(路透社) – 美国财政部周一表示,已取消与博思艾伦汉密尔顿公司(Booz Allen Hamilton)的所有合同,指控该公司未能保护敏感数据,包括美国国税局(IRS)的数据。
The Treasury Department had 31 contracts worth $21 million with the consulting firm, a release announcing the cancellation said.
财政部周一发布的一份声明称,财政部此前与这家咨询公司有31份合同,总价值2100万美元。
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“President Trump has entrusted his cabinet to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, and canceling these contracts is an essential step to increasing Americans’ trust in government,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特表示:”特朗普总统已委托内阁根除浪费、欺诈和滥用行为,取消这些合同是增强美国民众对政府信任的重要一步。”
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“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.”
“博思艾伦未能实施足够的安全措施来保护敏感数据,包括通过与美国国税局的合同获取的机密纳税人信息。”
The department cited the case of Charles Littlejohn, a former contractor for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024 for leaking the tax records of Donald Trump and hundreds of thousands of other wealthy Americans to media organizations.
财政部援引了美国国税局前承包商查尔斯·利特约翰(Charles Littlejohn)的案例。利特约翰2024年因向媒体泄露唐纳德·特朗普及数十万其他美国富人的税务记录而被判处5年监禁。
Littlejohn leaked the information between 2018 and 2020 while working as a Booz Allen Hamilton employee, it said. The IRS has determined that the data breach affected approximately 406,000 taxpayers to date, Treasury said on Monday.
声明称,利特约翰在2018年至2020年期间作为博思艾伦汉密尔顿的员工工作时泄露了这些信息。财政部周一表示,美国国税局已确定此次数据泄露截至目前影响了约40.6万名纳税人。
Reporting by Susan Heavey and Katharine Jackson; editing by Doina Chiacu
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Treasury cancels all Booz Allen Hamilton contracts
By Reuters
January 26, 2026 3:37 PM UTC Updated 10 hours ago
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Booz Allen Hamilton logo is seen in this illustration taken July 26, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had canceled all of its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, accusing the company of failing to protect sensitive data, including at the Internal Revenue Service.
The Treasury Department had 31 contracts worth $21 million with the consulting firm, a release announcing the cancellation said.
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“President Trump has entrusted his cabinet to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, and canceling these contracts is an essential step to increasing Americans’ trust in government,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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“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.”
The department cited the case of Charles Littlejohn, a former contractor for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2024 for leaking the tax records of Donald Trump and hundreds of thousands of other wealthy Americans to media organizations.
Littlejohn leaked the information between 2018 and 2020 while working as a Booz Allen Hamilton employee, it said. The IRS has determined that the data breach affected approximately 406,000 taxpayers to date, Treasury said on Monday.
Reporting by Susan Heavey and Katharine Jackson; editing by Doina Chiacu
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