Billionaire Ken Griffin received a rare apology from the IRS after his tax returns were leaked to journalists.
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00:00The IRS just gave a rare apology to hedge fund manager Ken Griffin after failing to keep his tax returns secure.
00:06According to the IRS, a contractor named Charles Littlejohn stole tax return information and leaked it to the media.
00:13Griffin and other billionaires like Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos were all victims of the leak.
00:20Littlejohn pleaded guilty and was sentenced in January to five years in prison.
00:25The IRS issued an apology as part of a settlement with Griffin, founder of Citadel, who sued the IRS for not putting safeguards in place that led to his private financial information appearing in ProPublica articles.
00:36The IRS said that they've made substantial investments in its data security to safeguard taxpayer data.