Private information exposed at Turbo Tax online
This post was prompted by a recent post at the Bogleheads forum. A woman “discovered a key to the backdoor of some tax returns filed online through Turbo Tax and was able to access tax returns for Turbo Tax customers she never met in different parts of the country. On her screen, she found everything needed for electronic filing from bank account to routing digits and Social Security numbers.” This is a piece of shocking news, especially when it happens at one of the largest tax software companies.
Personally, I have never been a big fan of using online tax filing services. Your private information is stored online and you have no control over who can access it. And if you are a non-paying customer (i.e. used the free filing service offered by the company), doesn’t it make you wonder how much money and resources the company really put in into securing your information online?
Stumble it!
