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FBI Probes Rash of Fraudulent State Tax Returns Filed Through TurboTaxhttp://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-turbotax-fbi-20150212-story.html
Hm.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)who is in the biz says TT was breached. They say otherwise, because of course they do. I find the FBI's involvement intriguing, to say the least.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I actually know since I have a friend that works for them right here in Plano TX LOL...
Did you know they are really big on open source? no...huh?
He's only been there about 8 months after leaving NTTA though so your source is probably smarter right?
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Perhaps your source is a competitor or deflecting. Has that been investigated?
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)are Intuit PR flacks. No one else has said anything publicly.
A lot of people around here are very eager to embrace corporate PR press releases. One wonders why.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Did you know that? Does your "source" know that?
Also: Occam's Razor. There were over 80 million data sets stolen in the Anthem breach. From your link:
Penrose, now executive vice president at the cybersecurity start-up Darktrace, said cybercriminals may have lifted names, Social Security numbers and other personal data from other companies and used that information in fake tax returns.
Hackers could have picked up additional pertinent information, such as the number of children in a household, by sending malware to a taxpayer's laptop or doing a simple search online of publicly available information.
Then digital thieves may have pinpointed states with less rigid security safeguards and looser verification systems, hoping for a big payday once refunds came in, Penrose said.
"You will see a lot more of this in 2015 where cybercriminals figure out how to monetize" data in new ways, including tax fraud and fake medical claims, Penrose said.
That portion is not from Intuit's people.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Oh nm...I see it's already started.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I personally use H&R Block's software.
Even if this was not an actual hack on TurboTax, I would still prefer knowing such events.
It is still in verification process any how, and I am treating it as such.