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38. I appriciate your non-answer.

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"Scary stuff" UPDATE: the hack was TurboTax (NEWER UPDATE) [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2015 OP

Oh shit! nt nc4bo Feb 2015 #1

I second that!!! etherealtruth Feb 2015 #120

My mother received a fake IRS call yesterday... JaneyVee Feb 2015 #148

I'd be willing to bet that there's info out there from all of us NightWatcher Feb 2015 #2

that might not be a bad thing notadmblnd Feb 2015 #7

A sort of modern jubilee! PatrickforO Feb 2015 #117

Yeah, it's like they are building a dossier on everyone as they gather bits and pieces of RKP5637 Feb 2015 #39

All of our utilities have been sporadically hit as well NightWatcher Feb 2015 #45

That info is tooo many places quakerboy Feb 2015 #90

Faithful TurboTax user.. android fan Feb 2015 #3

I used the same identity theft protection plan for a while. jeff47 Feb 2015 #13

Noted. TurboTax in on the List. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #4

Any chance they will file my taxes AND pay them? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #5

I want to sign up too! RKP5637 Feb 2015 #40

Wow. I guess all that outsourcing really helped keep America secure! Rex Feb 2015 #6

We have a National Security Agency for that. Downwinder Feb 2015 #31

Lol! BeanMusical Feb 2015 #43

I use Turbo Tax every year CanonRay Feb 2015 #8

Same here. El Supremo Feb 2015 #23

I'm glad I have never used them..... blackspade Feb 2015 #9

This is why I am a Luddite. Warpy Feb 2015 #10

Another Luddite here BumRushDaShow Feb 2015 #49

"That's the way to do it. That's old school." FailureToCommunicate Feb 2015 #144

Or really "old school" BumRushDaShow Feb 2015 #187

LOVED them in Muppets Treasure Island!! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2015 #206

I loved them in anything. BumRushDaShow Feb 2015 #207

Meanwhile the ACA websites are all properly secured, it is private corporations that refuse to pay for Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #11

What is proper security in your mind? Glassunion Feb 2015 #36

More than now. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #37

I appriciate your non-answer. Glassunion Feb 2015 #38

yeah because public universities have not been hacked belcffub Feb 2015 #191

Absolutely. randome Feb 2015 #194

There are so many vectors of attack belcffub Feb 2015 #197

The company I work for is going through a reorganization but this time it's a GOOD reorg. randome Feb 2015 #198

article doesn't say whether it the free version or the purchased program. notadmblnd Feb 2015 #12

I don't think it would matter Kelvin Mace Feb 2015 #16

the tax program I purchase does not keep copies of my returns on their servers. notadmblnd Feb 2015 #20

This may be of interest IDemo Feb 2015 #30

Thanks! notadmblnd Feb 2015 #41

My bet is Egnever Feb 2015 #71

Okay, I thought you were being hyperbolic earlier. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #14

Thanks for your sig line, I've been looking for that. nt F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #19

Dems have tried for years Kelvin Mace Feb 2015 #15

That would be so awesome. Xyzse Feb 2015 #17

Yes, too many corporations take a piece of the action in tax filings mountain grammy Feb 2015 #22

NO, it wouldn't be any more secure Demeter Feb 2015 #47

Yes, It would be more secure. Not perfectly secure, *more* secure. quakerboy Feb 2015 #94

I agree, and well said dreamnightwind Feb 2015 #113

It would be as secure s the computer room physical access bobwelch Feb 2015 #128

I've heard the Social Security Administration has been tracking people's income for YEARS! jberryhill Feb 2015 #135

We use TT but we file by mail... brooklynite Feb 2015 #18

The hacks are on the state level rather than federal? pugetres Feb 2015 #21

just changed my password just in case yodermon Feb 2015 #24

And you know this...how? Android3.14 Feb 2015 #44

true dat. However the cases I read indicated that the user logged on, and saw that their taxes had yodermon Feb 2015 #161

I am glad we don't do our own taxes. murielm99 Feb 2015 #25

This one is going to be a Biggee. Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #26

The story is starting to bubble up. DailyKos has it. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #27

Well, crap. raven mad Feb 2015 #28

They've gotten all of us since at least 2005 - 1,012,730,026 RECORDS BREACHED: Mnemosyne Feb 2015 #29

That covers us - TBF Feb 2015 #42

A search for TurboTax billh58 Feb 2015 #65

phew! shanti Feb 2015 #32

Was part of the sony hack abelenkpe Feb 2015 #33

dad used to use it PatrynXX Feb 2015 #34

And people do not understand TNNurse Feb 2015 #35

UPDATE WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #46

edited comment. I meant the orig reply for an ACA post...but I am a Turbo Tax user... C Moon Feb 2015 #48

This might help. ananda Feb 2015 #50

TurboTax has not been hacked TurboTaxChristine Feb 2015 #51

So WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #52

I find only 2 stories on the news, neither say TT was hacked. uppityperson Feb 2015 #55

Looks like the original article was edited berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #58

28 fraudulent, 8,000 flagged as potentially. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #63

My question is...... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #86

Because they have Google? PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #89

Then we'd be better off maybe...... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #92

Marketing people protect the brand. There are security breach notification laws PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #93

I'm a likeable guy WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #91

... who doesn't grasp the simple concept of Secondary Sources. OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #95

The Salt Lake Trib and ABC News out of Minneapolis WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #97

Not for your initial "scoop", apparently. OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #99

Fans can be so fickle! Rex Feb 2015 #138

What can I say? OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #175

So, please let us know when you're coming back to NC! :) nt Duval Feb 2015 #204

It got tweeted. And she replied onecaliberal Feb 2015 #108

Damage control is a real thing. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #112

She posted the same comment at dKos AllyCat Feb 2015 #142

Thank you for this information. billh58 Feb 2015 #54

Thank you for clarifying this misinformation. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #62

*ahem* WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #79

What is even funnier are the people believing a 1 post nobody Rex Feb 2015 #139

Still waiting on my Rove indictment here. Orsino Feb 2015 #153

Well you big time fans are just going to have to wait. Rex Feb 2015 #155

I'm not sure which vague, initial report to "believe." Orsino Feb 2015 #157

Well forbes believes it now. Rex Feb 2015 #160

I'm beginning to believe it, too. Orsino Feb 2015 #162

When an entire state halts filling, I tend to think something is up too. Rex Feb 2015 #164

What do you suppose that means? jberryhill Feb 2015 #174

Or, if the data is stored in the cloud, a breach of that company's servers. randome Feb 2015 #181

Will Pitt apparently has information we do not jberryhill Feb 2015 #182

Well, that's just assumed, of course. randome Feb 2015 #188

"...our customer's data is safe." woo me with science Feb 2015 #121

LOL! And some people think grammar is unimportant. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2015 #123

I saw that too. cwydro Feb 2015 #192

Those two guys in accounting. Rex Feb 2015 #140

What a load of horseshit, thank you for signing up just so you could lie to us. Rex Feb 2015 #141

A real journalist would be able to find out in 23 seconds she is who she claims to be snooper2 Feb 2015 #180

I've been on hold for nearly an hour on the "help" line - 1.800.944.8596. myrna minx Feb 2015 #145

So what? jberryhill Feb 2015 #176

LOL! Welcome TTC! City Lights Feb 2015 #196

And it turns out she was correct. Still feeling smug? randome Feb 2015 #205

Snowden is right SmittynMo Feb 2015 #53

Nice scoop Will. berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #56

Ok... Why is *anybody* storing their tax returns on a Turbotax server? TheProgressive Feb 2015 #57

I don't think you have a choice berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #59

Well, like I wrote, I just use the Turbotax program. TheProgressive Feb 2015 #61

Not all of us have an air gapped system. Agschmid Feb 2015 #103

I guess we are even.... TheProgressive Feb 2015 #106

Haha yes sounds like we are! Agschmid Feb 2015 #107

So the easy fix is DON"T LET TT file your return. Print it out and file it yourself. nt Fla Dem Feb 2015 #147

More specifically: don't do it online. mwooldri Feb 2015 #189

Recommendation to you Will, since the article has now been edited and a person from TT has posted uppityperson Feb 2015 #60

TT customers have been noticing and filing complaints berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #64

Your link has no mention of TurboTax. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #66

It did but was updated. But it didn't say TT was hacked. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #67

It was there three hours ago. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #68

I'm going out on a limb and say that things have developed Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #70

This is why I print and mail my Turbotaxed return MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #69

The mail is less secure than the internet. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #73

Really Doc, the USPS is less secure than the internet? TheProgressive Feb 2015 #80

Actually, yes. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #85

Funny that you don't hear of massive security breaches from the USPS... TheProgressive Feb 2015 #88

You hear about mass indentity theft. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #127

NEW UPDATE WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #72

Minnesota Stops Accepting TurboTax Filings Due to Possible Fraud suffragette Feb 2015 #74

Weird... the article states there were 2 known cases in MN. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #75

MSM loves this kind of news. cwydro Feb 2015 #81

There are also security breach notification laws in 47 states that would require we would. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #82

There ya go. nt cwydro Feb 2015 #83

Yeah, it says two noticed by people when they went to file suffragette Feb 2015 #84

It sounds like identity thieves are using TT to file fraudulent returns, PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #87

Well, Minnesota isn't accepting only TT and it looks like TT will have hotline up tomorrow suffragette Feb 2015 #109

That does not mean there was a security breach at TT. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #118

As many as 18 states WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #76

Yikes! I hope they do more than put out another "do this to protect yourself" PSA suffragette Feb 2015 #78

19 or more Iliyah Feb 2015 #111

Well ain't that some shit. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #77

Yet none of the articles except for the original updated/corrected ones say "TT hacked". uppityperson Feb 2015 #96

You are going to be around here again, right ? Trajan Feb 2015 #100

Yes, I am very interested, just think that posting someplace was hacked without evidence uppityperson Feb 2015 #110

Yeah, and let's all fondly remember the "scoop" the OP pitched us in '06 PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #122

Per WCCO in Minneapolis, you can call 1.800-944.8596 myrna minx Feb 2015 #125

I hope all is ok suffragette Feb 2015 #146

Thanks. You're so thoughful. Sigh - I've been on hold for 90 minutes. I just hung up. myrna minx Feb 2015 #149

Now it looks like the 800 number is for ALL states affected suffragette Feb 2015 #154

I actually was expecting the IRS marym625 Feb 2015 #98

Thanks Will .... Trajan Feb 2015 #101

I suppose I should be glad I've already filed and gotten my refund this year Silent3 Feb 2015 #102

Same. Agschmid Feb 2015 #104

I'm not always so fast, but I knew this year I'd get a nice big refund... Silent3 Feb 2015 #105

That reminds me HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 #114

I think the quickbooks hack is actually worse marym625 Feb 2015 #115

Quickbooks wasn't hacked... Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #131

I hope you are right marym625 Feb 2015 #137

Thanks for the objective and correct billh58 Feb 2015 #200

The animated movie "Turbo" was very taxing to watch also. Kablooie Feb 2015 #116

Well, ain't that wonderful. I use TT to file our federal returns electronically mnhtnbb Feb 2015 #119

I won't be filing until October, so hopefully this will be cleaned up by then. brooklynite Feb 2015 #124

A search pulls up articles in AZ, MN, & UT on Turbotax hacking cases. Skidmore Feb 2015 #126

According to actual vetted news, Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #129

They would be required by law to disclose if they were. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #130

But TurboTax is flexing their big mean muscles... Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #133

Which is what I am finding. Skidmore Feb 2015 #132

When States Stop Accepting Returns from a Single Vendor... berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #136

Is Forbes vetted enough? WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #156

Thanks for the link. Skidmore Feb 2015 #169

Yeah, but it doesn't say what you're saying. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #171

If you have not been billh58 Feb 2015 #202

We haven't but I'm still waiting a few days before Skidmore Feb 2015 #203

I file my own IRS forms & never use turbotax or online file. 'Someone' filed my tax return a couple Sunlei Feb 2015 #134

Well, it's an interesting story, but one that is still developing. MineralMan Feb 2015 #143

Good advice. "...filed through TurboTax." doesn't necessarily mean TurboTax is at fault. randome Feb 2015 #166

Latest word from Intuit is that their data was not compromised. MineralMan Feb 2015 #178

I'm doomed. Fuddnik Feb 2015 #150

TurboTax Temporarily Halts E-Filing In All States Amid Fraud Concerns suffragette Feb 2015 #151

Wellnow... WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #152

Yeah, well now, are you going to change the title of your OP telling lies? snooper2 Feb 2015 #177

Oh my. nc4bo Feb 2015 #158

It does sound like some database with tax info has been breached. suffragette Feb 2015 #163

Well, well, well. Orsino Feb 2015 #159

All you need is someone's personal info, and you can file a fake return. Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #172

Off topic, but to answer your last question... mak3cats Feb 2015 #173

Yes, familiar from LOTR :) But the company name sounds familiar too. suffragette Feb 2015 #179

Oh, you mean REAL stuff?? mak3cats Feb 2015 #183

Yodermon had the answer. There were many posts about that on DU back then. suffragette Feb 2015 #193

Palantir had to apologize after Anonymous revealed they were involved yodermon Feb 2015 #186

That's it. They were part of the HBGary, Chamber of Commerce attack on progressive journalists suffragette Feb 2015 #190

I went to my CPA PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #165

To clarify, this is related to STATE e-filing, not Federal returns mnhtnbb Feb 2015 #167

It's the information that matters WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #168

BUT, if the access by the hackers came through previously e-filed STATE returns, mnhtnbb Feb 2015 #170

If that were true, then other services than TT would be involved. berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #184

TurboTax halts e-filing berni_mccoy Feb 2015 #185

Its on ABC news now - Midday Friday Mira Feb 2015 #195

Vermont suspended sending refunds on Feb 4 suffragette Feb 2015 #199

I don't quite understand this. Turbo Tax includes all form of taxes both state and federal. Why are jwirr Feb 2015 #201

Still standing by this story, Will? Dr Hobbitstein Feb 2015 #208

The OP will be proven right deaniac21 Feb 2015 #209

How I can get rid if my info hack? mollaeilaw May 2018 #210

You will not be getting a response from the author of this thread. TexasTowelie May 2018 #211

A good lawyer might help. backtoblue May 2018 #212