Say NO to Stealing Sensitive Information by Phishing

Just a few days after the IRS released it’s warning about W-2 phishing, it appears the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) reported that 3,000 employees’ personal information may have been compromised by a phishing scam. The attackers are now expanding their sights into higher education according to a recent article by Paul Greene, an attorney at Harter Secrest & Emery. Given the large number of employees, including seasonal employees, community education instructors and people...

Just a few days after the IRS released it’s warning about W-2 phishing, it appears the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) reported that 3,000...

The more things change, the more they stay the same, unfortunately. Paul Greene, an attorney at Harter Secrest & Emery, in a recent blog post mentioned a new IRS warning about the reappearance of phishing scams targeting W-2 information. Companies have lost thousands of dollars in email compromise attacks that first steal W-2s and then attempt wire transfer frauds. This is nothing new, of course, with the IRS having issued the same form of warning...

The more things change, the more they stay the same, unfortunately. Paul Greene, an attorney at Harter Secrest & Emery, in a recent blog...

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