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Hackers Steal Romney's 1040s?


               
2012 Sep 5, 6:24am   4,542 views  11 comments

by rooemoore   follow (0)  

http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/09/05/cp-hackers-say-they-nabbed-romneys-tax-records-through-franklin-office-plan-to-release

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/247715-financial-firm-denies-hackers-stole-romneys-tax-returns

An anonymous individual or group is alleging that they have gained "all available 1040 tax forms" of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney by accessing computers in the Franklin office of the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. An anonymous posting on a file sharing website states that PwC has been hacked. This same website has been used by hackers who have claimed to have infiltrated computers from companies like Apple in the past. An excerpt from one message states: "Romney's 1040 tax returns were taken from the PWC office 8/25/2012 by gaining access to the third floor via a gentleman working on

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11   marcus   @   2012 Sep 5, 8:54am  

thomaswong.1986 says

You mean create fake and exaggerated "hacked" return
to force Romney to release his actual returns.

What if someone created a fake that made Romney look good, and then possibly the president and or others in the government can't say that they know they are fake (because they aren't supposed to use their power toward such ends as checking out individuals returns).

I guess someone with the IRS could come out with a statement "we can not tell you anything about Romneys confidential tax info, but we can tell you that those suppose returns are indeed fake."

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