Monday, April 14, 2014

IRS and MN Dept of Revenue Announcements on Heartbleed

Both the IRS and the Minnesota Department of Revenue issued announcements proclaiming themselves unaffected by Heartbleed , the recently discovered coding flaw that lets hackers steal passwords from websites.

The IRS announcement:

The IRS continues to accept tax returns as normal. Our systems continue operating and are not affected by this bug, and we are not aware of any security vulnerabilities related to this situation. We continue to monitor the situation and remain in contact with our software partners. The IRS advises taxpayers to continue filing their tax returns as they normally would in advance of the deadline.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue announcement: 

The Minnesota Department of Revenue systems have not been affected by the “heartbleed” virus.  We are accepting tax returns as normal and we encourage taxpayers to file their returns in advance of the April 15 deadline.  We continue to monitor the situation and will remain in contact with the IRS and software vendors.  If the situation changes we will provide an update. 

For those of us who depend on the internet to get our daily work done, this has been an unwelcome distraction, especially coming right before the April 15 tax filing deadline.

- Mark S Gleason CPA
  www.lakes-cpa.com

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