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In reply to the discussion: "Scary stuff" UPDATE: the hack was TurboTax (NEWER UPDATE) [View all]WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)52. So
...the Salt Lake Trib had it wrong? My guy in the biz whose whole management team is cloistered with Intuit reps is wrong?
Explain, please. 8,000 fraudulent returns in one state alone.
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Yeah, it's like they are building a dossier on everyone as they gather bits and pieces of
RKP5637
Feb 2015
#39
Meanwhile the ACA websites are all properly secured, it is private corporations that refuse to pay for
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#11
The company I work for is going through a reorganization but this time it's a GOOD reorg.
randome
Feb 2015
#198
the tax program I purchase does not keep copies of my returns on their servers.
notadmblnd
Feb 2015
#20
I've heard the Social Security Administration has been tracking people's income for YEARS!
jberryhill
Feb 2015
#135
true dat. However the cases I read indicated that the user logged on, and saw that their taxes had
yodermon
Feb 2015
#161
They've gotten all of us since at least 2005 - 1,012,730,026 RECORDS BREACHED:
Mnemosyne
Feb 2015
#29
edited comment. I meant the orig reply for an ACA post...but I am a Turbo Tax user...
C Moon
Feb 2015
#48
Marketing people protect the brand. There are security breach notification laws
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#93
A real journalist would be able to find out in 23 seconds she is who she claims to be
snooper2
Feb 2015
#180
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
Recommendation to you Will, since the article has now been edited and a person from TT has posted
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#60
There are also security breach notification laws in 47 states that would require we would.
PeaceNikki
Feb 2015
#82
Well, Minnesota isn't accepting only TT and it looks like TT will have hotline up tomorrow
suffragette
Feb 2015
#109
Yikes! I hope they do more than put out another "do this to protect yourself" PSA
suffragette
Feb 2015
#78
Yet none of the articles except for the original updated/corrected ones say "TT hacked".
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#96
Yes, I am very interested, just think that posting someplace was hacked without evidence
uppityperson
Feb 2015
#110
Thanks. You're so thoughful. Sigh - I've been on hold for 90 minutes. I just hung up.
myrna minx
Feb 2015
#149
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
I file my own IRS forms & never use turbotax or online file. 'Someone' filed my tax return a couple
Sunlei
Feb 2015
#134
Good advice. "...filed through TurboTax." doesn't necessarily mean TurboTax is at fault.
randome
Feb 2015
#166
All you need is someone's personal info, and you can file a fake return.
Dr Hobbitstein
Feb 2015
#172
Yodermon had the answer. There were many posts about that on DU back then.
suffragette
Feb 2015
#193
That's it. They were part of the HBGary, Chamber of Commerce attack on progressive journalists
suffragette
Feb 2015
#190
BUT, if the access by the hackers came through previously e-filed STATE returns,
mnhtnbb
Feb 2015
#170