Intuit’s Turbo Tax

Was shut down to investigate if there was a breach as many had logged in to find that their refunds were already claimed. It was found that no breach occurred. According to Brian Krebs, both Turbo Tax and H&RBlock credentials go for about $0.04 on the underground market.

The tax refunds that were falsely claimed are most likely to be the result of malware on PCs that harvest user-names and passwords for websites; easy passwords; and/or phishing emails that look like they came from real tax preparation services.