The Internal Revenue Service has spent a lot of time in the news lately, including allegations of inappropriately targeting conservative nonprofit groups, lavish conferences (including awful Star Trek parodies), and its union members opposing legislation requiring them to sign up for the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

Seemingly lost among this negative press was a recent bombshell that IRS may have disclosed as many as 100,000 Social Security numbers (along with names and addresses) on its website. This event may not only result in a political black eye but a significant judgment as well.

Originally Published in Daily Tax Report - August 12, 2013.