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Phishing
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Experian handling 70 breaches a week resulting from IRS phishing scam
On March 1, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service alerted the business community of an e-mail phishing scheme designed to convince employees to provide company-wide W-2 tax forms containing social security…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #29 – U.S. + Canada issue joint ransomware special alert—read and follow recommendations
We have frequently alerted individuals and companies about the increasing risk and success posed by sophisticated phishing schemes. It has become such a real and grave problem that the U.S.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Tidewater Community College hit with phishing scam exposing data of 3,193 employees
Tidewater Community College (Tidewater) has announced that the personal information, including names and Social Security numbers of 3,193 current and former faculty and staff members was compromised in a phishing…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Wow FTC Commissioner confesses she fell for email scam & announces her resignation!
By Peter Vogel
After Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Julie Brill got a friend’s “email with an innocuous-looking Google Drive attachment. But after clicking on the link and entering in some of her…
Health Law Update
Don’t Get Phished! Hackers Pose as CEOs to Steal Tax Information from HR and Payroll Professionals at Healthcare Organizations
By Melinda L. McLellan, Lynn Sessions
Every tax season is plagued with scams to defraud individuals and companies for money from tax returns. However, this year has started off with a bang and this means that…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Internet of Things regulation, New Old Phishing Scam, Menstrual Leave
It's a blustery day over here in Seattle, but I hear it's not like that everywhere in the U.S. Over on LXBN I've got a story up about how transportation…
Data Counsel
New Take on Old Phishing Scam Wreaking Havoc on HR Departments
By Kevin Wallace, Melinda L. McLellan
From would-be Nigerian princes to foreign lottery officials, cybercriminals have been known to assume all sorts of false identities to carry out email phishing scams that trick unsuspecting consumers into…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #24 – IRS issues Alert to Payroll and HR Professionals about phishing scheme for W-2s
This week’s tip is for businesses, and in particular, the human resources, benefits and finance departments of all businesses. It doesn’t matter what industry you are in or where you…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
UVA notifies employees of illegal access to human resources information through phishing scheme
The University of Virginia (UVA) has notified approximately 1,400 of its employees that unauthorized individuals were able to access its HR system and the personal information of 1,400 employees of…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Don’t Fall for this (or any other) Scam
By rmorgan
The Social Security Administration posted on its blog about a Social Security scam involving phishing. According to the post, the scam focuses on "protecting" yourself from identity theft and financial…