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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

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

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

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

Privacy Tip #51 – Check Up on Your Tax Preparer’s Data Security Measures

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/12/2016

We have written before about the ability of hackers to file false tax returns to get fraudulent refunds by using the IRS website, and how hundreds of thousands of Americans have become victims of tax fraud. The IRS...more

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