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07 Apr, 2014 09:47 PM

Income Tax e-filing account of tax payers illegally accessed

Income Tax e-filing account of tax payers illegally accessed
Finance Ministry has warned that the online e-filing account of some tax payers have been accessed by unauthorised persons. The access however is not hacking. The passwords of the users have been obtained by some other sources and was used to access the details.

"There have been instances when the authentication details of certain class of e-filers have been obtained by persons from sources other than the website and then the passwords were reset and the e-filing account accessed," the ministry said.

Replying to an RTI query, the ministry said a process of "multifunctional authentication" has been designed and will be in place shortly to address any illegal access to e-filers' accounts.

The ministry was asked to give details on hacking of income tax returns filing accounts of individuals and measures being taken by it to check such activities.

Mumbai Police had late last year claimed that e-filing accounts of top industrialists, actors and cricketers including Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan among others were unauthorisedly accessed.

"There are mobile applications which are not approved by the Income Tax department. Users are advised that they may not be according to Department Data Structure. Filers using them are doing at their own risk," said a warning on the income tax department's website for e-filing.



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