Add Billy Casper Golf to the list of companies that became victims of Business Email Compromise to steal employee W-2 data.
Category: Phishing
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…
More employee W-2 data breaches reported (update1)
Add AmeriPride and Actifio to the ever-growing list of companies whose employees’ W-2 info was snagged by criminals via phishing. If your company didn’t urgently re-train employees about this growing problem with phishing and business email compromises, do it now. Update 1: Add Evening Post Industries to the list of those whose employees fell for business email…
Pharm-Olam notifies employees of W-2 information breach
It’s not clear from their notification how many employees were impacted and how the security incident occurred, but Pharm-Olam International started notifying employees by mail of a security incident that compromised their names, Social Security and income information: At Pharm-Olam International (the “Company”) we value you and respect the privacy of your information, which is…