Anonymous group allegedly hacked romney tax

She called state party officials, who were in Tampa, Florida, at the Republican National Convention at the time, she said. Her office later reported the package to local police, and the Secret Service picked it up Wednesday, she said. The fact that the group wants to be paid in Bitcoins tells me they are either stupid or the whole thing is a fraud, or maybe both.

Should these people be telling the truth about the ones they have allegedly obtained, I doubt there is going to be anything in them that would be incriminating, except for the fact that the Democrats would use them to give Romney the appearance of looking bad for making a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes, even if those taxes are less percentage wise than other people.

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If the person actually has copies of the return, I would bet the farm that there was an insider involved rather than it being an outright hack from outside the company.

Doug Mataconis : Dude everyone is anonymous.. Ed in NJ : Ditto, offshore accounts, which also can be used for blackmail, bribery, and tax evasion. As for the 1M bitcoins, these are just spoils. Just Me : Oh, yes, so do I. The Dearly Beloved Party Chairman salutation and backup instructions to send funds by Western union were dead giveaways. Seriously, I predicted in another thread when this thing started that the returns would come out.

If someone actually has them, I hope they keep them under wraps. Perhaps… but this is missing a lot of their flare, and the entire ransom thing makes little sense. Plus the interwebz would have been full of claims and counterclaims by now. Doubt that the hackers a hacked into PWC, and b obtained the forms. If they actually did, Mitt has a pretty good case for negligence against PWC in my opinion. On the other hand, if a bunch of rigged-up tax forms gets released on Sept.

Aside from internal inconsistencies, that is…. Gromitt Gunn : You summarized exactly what has been nagging me, too. After all, if the supposed forms on the USB drive are forgeries, and are nefariously leaked to the media no matter by whom , PWC would need to show they are forgeries or else it would be admitting how stupidly simple it is to break into their electronic records.

They might have to carry all the water for Mitt whether tney want to or not. My vote is for criminals dumb enough to blackmail a presidential candidate and get the federal authorities involved.

Make a one-time donation. I wonder if a really good hacker is capable of getting what he needs while leaving no evidence of tampering. And yes, even if this is complete bullshit, it puts another spotlight on Romney's tax returns, which is a good thing. R70, Years ago I knew an expert hacker. Even then he could produce a driver's license from any country with his choice of picture, name, stats, etc. Changing police dept records and arrests and tickets was easy.

Or is this story a hint that hackers should "get to work? Frank puts the money up front in the promo for GH's move to 2 PM. This show is so much better since they canned the old writers.

I bet NOW Romney will claim he can't release his tax records because of the ongoing investigation. Yes he would love to release them, but as of now he can't, but the honest and generous man he is he will be more than willing to release them If such an official statement gets released I have no doubt that Rove is behind that hacking claim. Maybe we can reassemble Nixon's old Plumbers unit and have it break into his accountant's office!

I took the whole bitcoin thing as a middle finger - they're not going to do it, and if anybody did try it they'd look criminal and ridiculous. It's kind of weirdly smart, actually. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site for your pointless bitchery needs. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads!

Rumor: Anonymous has hacked Romney's tax records Tuesday, September 4, at pm An anonymous individual or group is alleging that they have gained "all available tax forms" of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney by accessing computers in the Franklin office of the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The group will release all available files to the public on the 28 of September, Bitcoin Address to Stop Release: [redacted] And the same time, the other interested parties will be allowed to compete with you. Who-ever is the winner does not matter to us. Juicy, hope it's true! I don't believe Anonymous would extort Romney.

That second message is to discredit them. Of course, I read that as "Anonymous" did it, not "an anonymous group or individual. This seems like bullshit. It's black mail. It's not fucking noble or cool. It's wrong. And It makes Romeny a fucking victim. I hate these fuckers. Team nobody. Why the misleading title? Doesn't really change the issue at hand, though. Too bad, I would really like to know the contents of those tax filings.

Please please please let this be true. Bet Karl Rove is behind it. Actually, it completely changes the issue at hand, tard.

Accounting firms aren't completely up on their security. And they do have ALL the clients data. So it's entirely plausible that they have his returns. R11 are you the bitch that has been bashing me on the other threads? I think you might be right, R They know he's DOA as a candidate. Romney's tax returns for a ransom? So what would happen if they ditched MR? I missed the extortion bit -- I don't like that. I call Bullshit!

It's too late to replace Romney. And there's no evidence that he is collapsing yet anyway. So this is more like the Watergate burglary. Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. The keys to unlock the data will be purged and what ever is inside the documents will remain a secret forever.

Failure to do this before September 28, the entire world will be allowed to view the documents with a publicly released key to unlock everything. And the same time, the other interested parties will be allowed to compete with you. For those that DO want the documents released will have an different address to send to. So this is an equal opportunity for the documents to remain locked away forever or to be exposed before the September 28 deadline.

The City Paper has been unable to independently confirm whether the county officials or PricewaterhouseCoopers have received packages. Federal law enforcement personnel would not confirm or deny an ongoing investigation into the matter. September 6,