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Phishing scam diverts more than $40K from Denver Public Schools

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Dissent

Michael Konopasek reports: A computer hacking scam has made $40,000 of direct deposit money for Denver Public Schools employees disappear. Internet thieves are suspected of stealing the funds that were intended to pay the school district staff Read more on Fox31. Sadly, it appears that despite the district’s training/awareness efforts, at least 30 employees fell…

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Virginia Adds Notification Requirements for Payroll Incidents to Breach Law

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Dissent

Liisa M. Thomas, Robert H. Newman, and Eric J. Shinabarger of Winston Strawn LLP write: With little fanfare, Virginia recently amended its data breach notification law, requiring employers and payroll service providers to notify the Virginia Attorney General if they are subject to a W2 phishing scam. More specifically, the law requires that they notify…

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Washington University School of Medicine hit by phishing attack, patient info may have been accessed

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Dissent

KSDK reports: A third party may have gained unauthorized access to patient information — including names, birth dates and social security numbers — after a phishing attack at Washington University’s medical school. A post on the Washington University School of Medicine website said an employee fell for a phishing email designed to look like an official request…

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Coastal Carolina University works to recover money stolen in phishing scam

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Dissent

Lisa Gresci reports: Coastal Carolina University continues to work to recover money that was stolen from the college in a phishing scam. A release from CCU stated an individual who claimed to represent a company under contract with the university contacted its financial services via email and requested to change the company’s bank account information….

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Lithuanian Man Arrested For Theft Of Over $100 Million In Fraudulent Email Compromise Scheme Against Multinational Internet Companies

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Dissent

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced criminal charges against EVALDAS RIMASAUSKAS for orchestrating a fraudulent business email compromise scheme that induced two U.S.-based internet companies…

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More reports of false tax returns in wake of W-2 phishing scams

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Dissent

One of the many companies who became victims of W-2 phishing this year is Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, a property and casualty insurance firm with headquarters in Virginia. DataBreaches.net became aware of their incident when contacted by a former employee. According to BMAG’s notification to employees  dated March 10, they had no then-current evidence of any misuse of employees’…

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