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And the phishes just keep on coming…. for your W-2 data

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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And another company gets successfully scammed for W-2 info

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Dissent

Add Billy Casper Golf to the list of companies that became victims of Business Email Compromise to steal employee W-2 data.

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Mounting phishing reports predict new tax refund fraud victims in 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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More than 2,500 General Communication, Inc. employees’ W-2 information stolen in phishing scam

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Dissent

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,…

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CA: ‘Phishing’ scam nets patient info from City of Hope employees’ email accounts

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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More employee W-2 data breaches reported (update1)

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Dissent

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…

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