Add University of the Southwest to your list of those notifying current and former employees that their W-2 or payroll information was accessed without authorization from their vendor, Greenshades. But don’t jump to conclude that the fault is with Greenshades, because the tax filing vendor says the problem is not with them. Following up on previous breach…
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Another Greenshades client reports tax filing problems
Add Lower Platte North Natural Resource District to the list of Greenshades clients whose employees are have been alerted to attempted identity theft involving tax refund fraud. According to Wahoo Newspaper, 15 of 18 NRD employees had been told by the IRS that an attempt to file their taxes had been made from a suspicious source. Although…
Not our hack, not our data breach: Greenshades
Although media reports this month have been talking about a hack of payroll services provider Greenshades that has resulted in clients’ employees discovering that their identity info has been used for fraudulent returns, Greenshades want you to know that they haven’t had a breach of their system. Earlier this week, Karen Berkowitz reported that District…
Dozens of NextCare employees report fraudulent activity following Greenshades hack
More details have emerged on the previously reported Greenshades hack that resulted in tax refund fraud for many people. A reader of DataBreaches.net sent me an email this morning telling me that a relative who works for medical care provider NextCare received the following letter: Dear NextCare Employee, This is a notice for an ongoing internal investigation…
Kroger notifies employees of W-2 breach involving Equifax service
It’s not just Stanford University employees who are reporting problems involving their W-2 data being accessed improperly from W2-Express, a service of Equifax. Kroger is also notifying employees. The Inquisitr reports: Grocery giant Kroger sent an email to current and former employees today indicating that their Social Security numbers and dates of birth may be compromised. The…
ADP joins ranks of vendors associated with W-2 data compromise
Aha. I see Brian Krebs got some answers before I did concerning a breach involving ADP. On April 30, I had reported that Allegheny College suspected that employee reports of W-2 data comprise were linked to a breach involving ADP’s iPay. In an email to this site earlier today, Rick Holmgren, the college’s vice-president of Information Services and Assessment said…