Here's what the Washington Post says: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/secret-service-investigates-reported-theft-of-romney-tax-files-1-million-extortion-threat/2012/09/05/2e936a14-f7c1-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html
2 things I find interesting "Romneys accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, said there was no evidence that any Romney tax files were stolen. At this time there is no evidence that our systems have been compromised or that there was any unauthorized access to the data in question, PricewaterhouseCoopers spokesman Chris Atkins said." So whether it happened or not, corporations will say such regardless. The second item suggests that even if they release the stolen tax returns, it may not matter: "An anonymous posting on a file-sharing website said the returns were stolen Aug. 25 from the accounting firms office. After all available 1040 tax forms for Romney were copied, the posting said, flash drives containing encrypted copies of his pre-2010 tax records were sent to the firm and to Republican and Democratic party offices." What it not clear here is whether it was already encrypted or encrypted by the thieves. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:10 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So let me get this straight, they bribed someone to let them in, stole >> the data (supposedly), and are publicly attempting to extort money money? >> > > If any of this story is true - I suspect it was social engineering. Usually > hackers FAR prefer the challenge of convincing someone to do something for > free than outright bribing them. > > >> As with some of the commenters on the article, it doesn't pass the >> smell test to me. > > > Perhaps - we will see. > > >> Even if it is legit, the people involved are now on the hook for how many >> felonies? > > > Definitely crime, and the story reads a bit like an Austin Powers plot, but > it's plausible, at least. I'm interested in knowing how it all works out. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354508 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
