(Note: the following is not a complete list… it’s just a list I started after the first few posts on this topic suggested that there would be a lot more. See the “phishing” category of this site for earlier entries this year.) Reports continue to come in to state attorneys general involving the successful spear phishing…
Category: Phishing
And the phishes just keep on coming…. for your W-2 data
Another day, another successful phish compromising employee data. Add Endologix to any list you’re compiling. You’ve probably already added Seagate, right? DataXu may also have been a victim of this type of attack; it’s not totally clear from their notification. And did I remember to tell you about Information Innovators? Or that York Hospital might have been…
And another company gets successfully scammed for W-2 info
Add Billy Casper Golf to the list of companies that became victims of Business Email Compromise to steal employee W-2 data.
Mounting phishing reports predict new tax refund fraud victims in 2016
It used to be that in February and March, we’d see a number of reports of breaches involving employees’ W-2 tax statements that were due to printing or mailing errors. This year, we’re seeing reports of W-2 data theft via phishing. Because a W-2 form provides the employee’s name, Social Security number, address, and earnings information for the…
More than 2,500 General Communication, Inc. employees’ W-2 information stolen in phishing scam
KTVA in Anchorage reports: Information found on GCI employees’ W-2 forms was stolen in an apparent phishing scam in February, according to the company. In an email Friday, GCI President Greg Chapados explained the information was accessed by someone claiming to be an employee of GCI. The individual, purporting to be GCI’s chief financial officer,…
CA: ‘Phishing’ scam nets patient info from City of Hope employees’ email accounts
It feels like I’m seeing more phishing reports that hacking reports this past week. Ken Stone reports: Some patient information was unlawfully accessed as a result of a “phishing” attack that targeted the email accounts of several City of Hope staffers, the Duarte cancer research and treatment facility reported Friday. The data breach, which took place the…