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This appears to be an elaborate troll. A commenter on the Reddit discussion of this news item is shedding further details here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politic

This appears to be an elaborate troll. A commenter on the Reddit discussion of this news item is shedding further details here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/c63wiz9 http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_...

ck2 14y ago
Maybe not: http://google.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnashvillecitypaper.com%2Fcontent%2Fcity-news%2Fwilliamson-gop-confirms-receipt-alleged-stolen-romney-tax-files http://google.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnashvillecit...
gabaix 14y ago
At the end of this Reddit comment is a link to an alleged screenshot of Romney tax filing page 1.
- jpdoctor 14y ago
  http://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg 334K health insurance deduction? WTF?
  - lifeguard 14y ago
    font looks fishy
  - aisenik 14y ago
    It's fake but that's probably a reasonable amount for a rich person whose spouse has multiple sclerosis. Those are therapy dressage horses.
- 3JPLW 14y ago
  That is almost certainly a fake. Lines 7-21 don't sum to line 22. The zip code is the zip for the Romney campaign, not Romney's home.
ralfd 14y ago
I also find this comment noteworthy: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/c63vgud http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_... Fake... Unless an employee did it... because PWC uses Locklizard electronic document security.. a password is needed to sign on a password is required to open the document a password is needed to print a document no copying or extracting of the file is permitted document control stops the file from being open after hours (middle of the night...lol) and the files are encrypted and requires a 48 bit key on the persons pc and server to match... So if someone steals the file its useless...
- lifeguard 14y ago
  >> PWC uses Locklizard electronic document security Wow, a lot of assumptions here: was it implemented properly, was the master password stored on file server, was file server configure correctly, is data transferred securely before it is encrypted, etc tec
  - NeutronBoy 14y ago
    And the assumption that the PwC US uses Locklizard, and not a PwC firm in any other countries. You know, considering they're separate partnerships and all.
- rprasad 14y ago
  And that's how we know the comment on reddit is trolling. During tax season, i.e., right now (for extended deadline returns due Sept 15/17th, as Romney's are), accountants (especially Big 4 accountants like PWC) frequently work past midnight on returns. A security system which locked files after hours would be functionally useless in a firm the size of PWC. Moreover, Locklizard is a DRM solution intended for use with distributed files (i.e., videos, presentations, etc.). It is not an internal solution...
  - taligent 14y ago
    1. These would be historical documents (i.e not refiled this year) which could be treated differently to 'working copies'. 2. These files would likely be distributed at some point. So it's not unreasonable that they would use one solution for both internal and external use cases.

ck2 14y ago

Maybe not: http://google.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnashvillecitypaper.com%2Fcontent%2Fcity-news%2Fwilliamson-gop-confirms-receipt-alleged-stolen-romney-tax-files http://google.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fnashvillecit...

gabaix 14y ago

At the end of this Reddit comment is a link to an alleged screenshot of Romney tax filing page 1.

jpdoctor 14y ago
http://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HK4mp.jpg 334K health insurance deduction? WTF?
- lifeguard 14y ago
  font looks fishy
- aisenik 14y ago
  It's fake but that's probably a reasonable amount for a rich person whose spouse has multiple sclerosis. Those are therapy dressage horses.
3JPLW 14y ago
That is almost certainly a fake. Lines 7-21 don't sum to line 22. The zip code is the zip for the Romney campaign, not Romney's home.

ralfd 14y ago

I also find this comment noteworthy: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/c63vgud http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_... Fake... Unless an employee did it... because PWC uses Locklizard electronic document security.. a password is needed to sign on a password is required to open the document a password is needed to print a document no copying or extracting of the file is permitted document control stops the file from being open after hours (middle of the night...lol) and the files are encrypted and requires a 48 bit key on the persons pc and server to match... So if someone steals the file its useless...

lifeguard 14y ago
>> PWC uses Locklizard electronic document security Wow, a lot of assumptions here: was it implemented properly, was the master password stored on file server, was file server configure correctly, is data transferred securely before it is encrypted, etc tec
- NeutronBoy 14y ago
  And the assumption that the PwC US uses Locklizard, and not a PwC firm in any other countries. You know, considering they're separate partnerships and all.
rprasad 14y ago
And that's how we know the comment on reddit is trolling. During tax season, i.e., right now (for extended deadline returns due Sept 15/17th, as Romney's are), accountants (especially Big 4 accountants like PWC) frequently work past midnight on returns. A security system which locked files after hours would be functionally useless in a firm the size of PWC. Moreover, Locklizard is a DRM solution intended for use with distributed files (i.e., videos, presentations, etc.). It is not an internal solution...
- taligent 14y ago
  1. These would be historical documents (i.e not refiled this year) which could be treated differently to 'working copies'. 2. These files would likely be distributed at some point. So it's not unreasonable that they would use one solution for both internal and external use cases.