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Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret
TruthDive - 1 hour ago
The hacker group claims that it has in its possession of 'all available 1040 tax forms for Romney', which they stole from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Nashville office on August 25, 2012. The group ... They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins.
Agents investigate claim of Romney tax files theft from Franklin office
The Tennessean - 2 hours ago
The letter says the tax returns would be released to the media later this month unless a payment of $1 million is received through an online payment system, Bitcoin. For the same price, someone interested in seeing the returns made public could guarantee ...
Hacker claims he stole Romney's tax returns, demands $1mln
PanARMENIAN.Net - 2 hours ago
Net - A hacker allegedly stole Mitt Romney's tax returns and is demanding $1 million in Bitcoins for silence. The hacker also sent a USB drive and letter to the Republican and Democratic party offices in Williamson County, Tenn. as proof, VentureBeat reports.
Hacker wants $1 million in Bitcoin or they'll release Mitt Romney's tax returns
TweakTown - 2 hours ago
Things are looking to heat up for Mitt Romney, with a hacker claiming to have in his (or her) possession, the presidential candidate's previous tax returns. Romney has been accused of hiding something, as he has only released the previous two years worth of ...
Romney Tax Returns Stolen, Letter Claims, And Demands $1M Ransom
International Business Times - 3 hours ago
Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins.... It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final value of the Bitcoins is equal to $1,000,000 USD at the time when it is finished. The keys to unlock the data will be purged and ...
Hackers Claim to Have Mitt's Tax Returns
Newser - 4 hours ago
They have threatened to make the returns public unless they receive the payoff in the hard-to-trace BitCoin online currency by September 28. The hackers say they sent flash drives containing copies of the returns to Democratic and ... at both offices say they made no attempt to access the information on the flash drives. A spokesman for PricewaterhouseCoopers says the company is working closely with the Secret Service, and managers haven't discovered any evidence of unauthorized access to Romney's returns.
PWC: No evidence of breach in Romney tax return extortion case
ITworld.com - 6 hours ago
"When they were done, they kind of opened the envelope and scooped [the contents] back in." The group wants the money paid using the BitCoin digital currency, which is hard to trace, in order to prevent the decryption key from being released.
Hackers ransom Romney tax returns
SC Magazine Australia - 7 hours ago
Blackmail letters were sent to Romney's Republication Party offices, including one package containing a hand-written address and a USB drive. The hackers said the documents would be released to anyone who paid the ransom. Cryptographic Bitcoin ...
Bitcoin value spikes after hacker demands ransom in the currency
VentureBeat - 7 hours ago
Today, a hacker who claims to have obtained Mitt Romney's tax returns is demanding a ransom of $1 million in Bitcoins. The hacker probably didn't expect to improve the market for Bitcoins overall, but that's exactly what happened, as the value of Bitcoins ...
U.S. Probing Claim That Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
The anonymous group sent a letter to Romney's accounting firm and political offices in Tennessee demanding $1 million in Bitcoins, a type of Internet currency, to prevent the disclosure of the candidate's tax returns. Romney's tax returns have become an ...
Romney receives a coup d'etax
Examiner.com - 8 hours ago
The group claims it will release the records on September 28th unless paid $1 million by an untraceable internet currency called Bitcoins. They also claim they will destroy the evidence if paid in time. The Secret Service is investigating the matter, and nothing ...
Secret Service Eyes Romney Tax Return Blackmail Attempt
TPM - 8 hours ago
... the beginning of the week also containing flash drives with copies of Romney's tax returns before 2010.” A second post says that encrypted copies of the tax documents will be sent to major media outlets, and demands the equivalent of $1 million in Bitcoins, ...
Mitt Romney's tax returns being held hostage for $1 million in...Bitcoin?!
89.3 KPCC (blog) - 8 hours ago
So if the theft turns out to be for real, how would Romney or PwC or some combination thereof get the Bitcoin? It's unclear. He would probably have to go on a Bitcoin exchange, like Mt. Gox, and trade or exchange $1 million for BTC. Not that that would ever ...
Secret Service Investigates Claim That Romney's Tax Returns Were Stolen
WBUR - 9 hours ago
Also included in the packages, according to the ransom letter, was an image of Romney's signature from the 1040 tax return documents. The letter's author states, "The deal is quite simple. Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins.... It does not matter if small ...
Reports: Mitt Romney's Tax Returns Stolen And Held Ransom
CRN - 9 hours ago
Mitt Romney's tax returns have reportedly been stolen from PricewaterhouseCooper's (PWC's) Franklin, Tenn., office and will be released to the public unless the GOP presidential nominee coughs up $1 million in ransom, according to a Pastebin blog posted by an anonymous hacker group. The initial post, which is dated Sept. 2, details ... The post then explains that $1 billion must be converted to Bitcoins, a form of digital currency, and transferred to a designated address. It then promises that the "keys to unlock the ...
US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data
Phys.Org - 41 minutes ago
The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ...
Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret
TruthDive - 1 hour ago
The hacker group claims that it has in its possession of 'all available 1040 tax forms for Romney', which they stole from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Nashville office on August 25, 2012. The group ... They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins.
Hackers demand $1 mln ransom to keep Romney's stolen tax returns secret
Newstrack India - 1 hour ago
They have demanded a ransom of one million USD in Bitcoins. The Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer electronic currency with no central banking authority-thus, it's very difficult to track. If PricewaterhouseCoopers pays the ransom by September 28, the information the ...
US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data
Yahoo!7 News - 2 hours ago
The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ...
Secret service opens investigation into 'theft' of Mitt Romney's tax returns
Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago
The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ...
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka - 3 hours ago
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept 5, 2012 (AFP) - The US Secret Service said Wednesday it had opened a probe into the possible theft of copies of Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's tax returns. “I can confirm that we are investigating the incident,” Secret Service spokesman George ... The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by Sept.28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret.
US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data
Radio Netherlands - 3 hours ago
The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ...
US probe over possible theft of Romney tax data
AFP - 3 hours ago
The message asks for a ransom of $1 million to be converted into Bitcoins, a virtual currency, and sent to a specific address by September 28. In exchange, the tax returns of Romney and his wife Ann would be kept secret. If the amount is not paid, the note ...
Suffice to say, the Romney ransom is bringing attention the likes of which Bitcoin has
never seen.
