Booz Allen Hamilton lost all its contracts with the US Treasury Department after one of its contractors, Charles Littlejohn, leaked sensitive tax records, including those of high-profile individuals like Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos. Littlejohn had access to IRS data while working for Booz Allen from 2018 to 2020. He stole the tax returns of over 400,000 taxpayers and provided some of this information to the media, particularly the New York Times and ProPublica. The Treasury Secretary emphasized the cancellation of these contracts as a necessary measure to restore public trust. Court records reveal Littlejohn took the IRS job with the intent to leak tax information, motivated by a belief that President Trump was a threat to democracy for withholding his tax returns. After returning to Booz Allen in 2017, he crafted a method to extract Trump’s tax records without triggering alarms, using generalized search queries to bypass IRS monitoring systems. He ultimately stored the data on a personal device and contacted reporters in 2019 to leak the information. The New York Times published articles based on the leaked tax records in September 2019, highlighting how little federal tax these wealthy individuals paid. The incident marks a significant moment in government contracting and data security, as it’s the first known instance of a major federal agency revoking contracts due to an information security breach. Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2024 for his actions.