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Tax Season = Phishing Season

Goldberg Segalla on 4/9/2025

Most professionals are aware of the April 15 tax deadline. We know that fraudsters certainly are! As Tax Day approaches in the U.S., we encourage all to be mindful of several phishing campaigns that Microsoft has observed...more

White-collar crime developments in Italy: trends and developments

A&O Shearman on 1/29/2025

There has been an increase in enforcement action and strategies relating to cybercrimes, supply-chain related offenses, VAT fraud, corruption, and money laundering. A significant shift has been prompted by the EU Corporate...more

How to Defend Against Identity Theft This Tax Season

J.S. Held on 12/6/2024

In recent years, identity theft cases have surged, especially during tax season. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in 2022, the federal agency identified and prevented USD 5.7 billion in tax-related fraud, and...more

Data Theft Warning Signs From IRS

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 10/25/2023

IRS Awareness Campaign for the Summer 2023 focuses on data theft signs and the importance of staying alert against new and ongoing threats of tax-related identity in order to protect the taxpayer and the tax professional. ...more

Investigations Newsletter: Arkansas Men Convicted in $18 Million Global Investment Fraud Conspiracy

ArentFox Schiff on 9/11/2023

Arkansas Men Convicted in $18 Million Global Investment Fraud Conspiracy - A federal jury in the Western District of Arkansas convicted four men of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money...more

IRS-CI Amplía Asociaciones Con Contrapartes Extranjeras

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/9/2022

El 3/11/22, el IRS-CI (Investigación Criminal del IRS) publicó su Reporte del Año Fiscal 2022 que destaca más de 2550 investigaciones criminales, una tasa de condena del 90%; acciones de cumplimiento enfocadas en el fraude...more

UPMC Finally Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $2.7 Million

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/29/2021

UPMC’s employment records were hacked by criminals in 2014. A civil class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of approximately 66,000 employees, and criminal cases were filed by federal prosecutors against a number of...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/5/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Ransomware Incident Compromises Unemployment Claim Information of 1.6M in WA - It is being reported that the Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) is investigating a security incident, allegedly...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/7/2020

Researchers at Sentinel One and Dragos have detected malicious code, called EKANS or Snake, that has been designed specifically to target industrial control systems (ICS), including those of oil refineries, manufacturing...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/12/2019

The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance just released its "2018 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report," which says “2018–Some Better, Some Worse, All Bad.” That’s our experience, too. Here are the highlights from the...more

Privacy Tip #198: Cybersecurity for Tax Professionals

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/12/2019

This week, I was honored to again have the opportunity to participate as a speaker at the Internal Revenue Service’s Nationwide Tax Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C. Through a generous grant provided by the American Coalition...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/11/2019

Cybersecurity company Carbon Black recently issued are port of the results of a survey of chief information security officers (CISOs) of financial organizations, which showed that the financial industry is getting hammered by...more

Don’t Take the Bait! “Spear Phishing” and “Whaling” Take Scams to the Next Level

Fisher Phillips on 1/29/2019

For several years now, we’ve been alerting employers about the dangers of phishing scams that attempt to obtain private and personal information from employers... Many of these scams rear their ugly head around tax season,...more

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/7/2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

Client Alert – Employers Beware: ‘Tis the Season for Data Theft

Bowditch & Dewey on 12/18/2018

Because cybercriminals don’t take holidays, December is an appropriate time for all employers to take steps to protect tax data and identities (both their own and their employees’) in advance of the 2019 tax-filing season....more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/8/2018

Wall Street apparently views a divided Congress as a good thing (think less chance of tighter regulation), and it celebrated by pushing the Dow up 500 points and jumping back into tech stocks....more

2018 Virginia General Assembly Wrap-Up: Modest Privacy-Related Bills Adopted

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/30/2018

The 2018 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly recently concluded after considering approximately 3700 bills and resolutions during the 60-day session. Several privacy-related bills were on the legislative agenda,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/26/2018

A new report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) called “Global Risks Report 2018,” lists the threat of cyber-warfare and cyber-attacks affecting the public as the world’s third greatest threat in 2018, only behind...more

Virginia General Assembly to Tackle a Variety of Privacy Related Bills

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/23/2018

The Virginia General Assembly is underway and several privacy related bills are on the legislative agenda for 2018. The Virginia legislature will consider approximately 3,000 bills during its 60-day session that will end in...more

It’s Tax Time – Alert Your HR and Payroll Teams About W2 Phishing Scams

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/18/2017

Last February, the IRS issued a warning to all employers regarding the resurgence of a W-2 based cyber scam. The scam, which targets businesses during tax season, was also “spreading to other sectors, including school...more

Equifax Breach: What Can the Hackers Do with Your Information and How Can You Protect Yourself?

Bowditch & Dewey on 9/22/2017

The Equifax breach is not the biggest in terms of the number of people affected (the 2016 Yahoo breach compromised data associated with over 500 million user accounts compared to the 143 million people affected by the Equifax...more

Give Your Customers the Gift of Security

Perkins Coie on 9/19/2017

2017 has reminded us that data security threats continue to evolve and that the stakes for companies can be very high if their data security programs fail to evolve as well. Before the recent announcement of Equifax’s...more

Stolen Tax Returns? Virginia Seeks a Solution.

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 7/5/2017

Did someone steal your tax return? You are not alone. Indeed, the rise in tax-related identity theft has been well documented. In 2015, the FTC reported a 50% increase in identity theft complaints. A primary cause for...more

Let's Go Phishing!

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2017

Emails, lots and lots of emails, filling our inboxes. Even with the best security and filters, it seems that hackers are simply building better mousetraps. The bigger problem, however, is the trusting nature of individuals...more

Safeguarding Your Company from Cyber Tax Crimes - Take Action Now!

Clark Hill PLC on 2/7/2017

As if tax season was not bad enough, the U.S. Internal Revenue Services ("IRS") recently issued an urgent alert warning that cybercriminal phishing scams are utilizing a new, more dangerously effective method for large-scale...more

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