Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm

nashvillecitypaper.com ^

[tsowellfan]

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...

[krogers58]

Ok, let’s analyze this further. Obama has had one of his opponents in an election withdraw because someone hacked into the courts where the guy had a messy divorce. The Chicago papers were then given “sealed” court records, which they promptly published. So, we have this fitting Obama’s MO. Next, how would a particular hacking group know where Mitt had all of his last 10 years taxes done? Does it not seem likely that they were steered to PWC by a knowledgeable source, who probably works at the IRS? Again, I am only using this analysis, and presuming that the records they have stolen, are in fact real. I’d guess they are not. But, if they are real, and they become published material and there is something spectacular in there, Obama’s the one who is going to have to answer for it, seeing as this is how he plays the game. If I were Obama, I’d cough up the mil, and ask them to destroy the key. Nothing good will come for Obama if these records are released, especially seeing as how he made such a big deal about releasing them, and the fact that he has done this type of thing before.

[tsowellfan]

ABC News: Secret Service Investigating Purported Ransom of Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns

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