Millions of students were affected when the IRS disabled the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) back in March due to security concerns. Starting on Oct. 1, the IRS DRT will be reinstated in time for the 2018-19 FAFSA cycle. This is to prevent malicious actors from illegally obtaining personal information such as name, Social Security number, date of birth, address and tax filing status The agency reportedly mailed breach notifications to 100,000 taxpayers who might have been affected.”]