Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Russian government hackers seem to have figured out that sometimes the best way to hack into people’s Gmail accounts is be to abuse Google’s own services. On Thursday, researchers exposed a massive Russian espionage and disinformation campaign using emails designed to trick users into giving up their passwords, a technique that’s known…
Category: Phishing
Blackburn High School families’ details illegally downloaded in targeted attack
Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online. It’s believed a number of parents at Blackburn High School also provided their credit card details to scammers, after a phishing email masquerading as a…
W-2 Email Scam Finds More Victims in 2017
Caitlin E. Reilly reports: The number of organizations that fell prey to a recurring W-2 email scam that involved identity thieves posing as company executives rose subatantially in 2017, an Internal Revenue Service official said May 18. […] In the first four months of 2017, 870 organizations reported to the IRS that they received a…
Some 2016 phishing incidents are still first being detected
Here’s another case where a 2016 phishing incident wasn’t detected until 2017: Ice Miller LLP represents Equian, LLC and its subsidiaries, including Nurse Audit, LLC (“collectively referred to herein as “Equian”). We are writing to notify you of a security incident involving the personal information of one (1) New Hampshire resident. On or about March…
Phishing attack potentially compromised 18,000 Gannett employees’ accounts
Elizabeth Weise reports: A phishing email attack potentially compromised the accounts of as many as 18,000 current and former employees of media company Gannett Co. As of Tuesday there was no indication of access to or acquisition of any sensitive personal data from employees’ accounts, said the company. Gannett Co. (GCI) is the owner of USA TODAY,…
TN: School board sued by employees over W-2 breach
Tipton County Schools was one of the first districts to reveal that an employee had fallen for a W-2 phishing scheme this year. Now the district is being sued by its employees, it seems. Courthouse News reports: Employees of a rural Tennessee county’s school system claim in a $19 million federal class-action lawsuit that their…