[Oasfaa] IRS Hacked

[Good, Linda]

There was quite a bit of chatter about it on the Finaid-L listserv yesterday.  One individual contacted ED and was told that the consequences for our FAFSA filers due to the IRS being hacked was that they could no longer use the online Get Transcript service because IRS took it down.  I haven’t seen any evidence that the IRS DRT is no longer available at all.  We’ve loaded ISIRs just this week and the parents used the IRS DRT successfully as recently as June 10.  Since the breach was in the news May 27, I’m thinking the IRS DRT is still working.

Linda Koehn Good
Assistant Director, Client Services
Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid
Oklahoma State University
119 Student Union | Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-7859
financialaid.okstate.edu<www.financialaid.okstate.edu>

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From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of Misty Oleson
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:38 PM
To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net
Subject: Re: [Oasfaa] IRS Hacked

We have been unable to help the students use the Data Retrieval Tool due to this, I am assuming.  It tells the student that the Data Retrieval Tool cannot be used, so then they have to use the irs.gov website to have a Tax Return Transcript mailed to them.  It has had some delays in the verification process due to them not being able to use the Data Retrieval Tool anymore on the FAFSA... :(


Best Regards,



Misty Oleson

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

Bacone College

2299 Old Bacone Road

Muskogee, OK 74403

(918) 781-7225 Phone

(918) 781-7416 Fax

(888) 682-5514 Toll Free

olesonm at bacone.edu<mailto:olesonm at bacone.edu>
On 6/17/2015 12:27 PM, Financial Aid Director wrote:
Are any of you experiencing issues with verification because of hack situation with the IRS. Have you had any students or parents stating that they have been advised to NOT use the DRT because of it?

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Kellye Johnson
Director of Financial Aid
Southwestern Christian University
7210 NW 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008-2335
fadirector at swcu.edu<mailto:fadirector at swcu.edu>
405-789-7661 ext.3456
Fax: 405-495-0078

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