Hackers claim to have Mitt's tax info, shaking down errbody

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Hackers claim to have Mitt's tax info, shaking down errbody

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.... for bitcoins.
The files are to be released to the public on Sept. 28, according to the PasteBin document.

The release, however, could allegedly be avoided if Romney’s camp were to wire transfer $1 million in Bitcoins — an online currency that is difficult both to trace and to identify
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Jezebel Jones wrote:.... for bitcoins.
Bitcoins — an online currency that is difficult both to trace and to identify
...and to use for the purchase of goods or services.
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Blackmail, feh. In the old days we earned our digital coins the old fashioned way, running through landscapes and jumping on mushrooms and turtles; plain hard work!
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LOL
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Weaksauce. Information wants to be free. Trying to make money off of this liberated information will just get them smashed.


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They want a million dollars? Must not be the smoking gun in the records that people are thinking.
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