Security News > 2021 > June > Intuit notifies customers of hacked TurboTax accounts
Financial software company Intuit has notified TurboTax customers that some of their personal and financial information was accessed by attackers following what looks like a series of account takeover attacks.
"We have more than 100 million customers and see billions of transactions per year with ATO notifications going to less than.0003% of customers and some of those confirmed by the customer after the fact as their activity," Rick Heineman, Intuit Corporate Communications Vice President, told BleepingComputer.
Intuit discovered during a security review that an undisclosed number of TurboTax accounts was breached and customer info was exposed.
"We deeply regret that this incident may affect you. Intuit has taken various measures to help ensure that the accounts of affected customers are protected. We are notifying you so you can take steps to help protect your information," the company added.
After discovering the attacks, Intuit temporarily disabled the breached TurboTax accounts.
TurboTax customers were previously targeted in at least three other series of account takeover attacks in 2014/2015 and again in 2019.