The FBI is warning of a spike in phishing campaigns aimed to steal W-2 information from payroll personnel during the IRSs tax filing season. The most popular method remains impersonating an executive, either through a compromised or spoofed email. The IRS confirmed that more than 200 employers were victimized in 2017. The number of reports regarding this criminal practice from both victims and non-victims jumped from over 100 in 2016 up to roughly 900 in 2017, according to the FBI. The scam affected all types of employers, from small and large businesses to public schools and universities, hospitals, tribal governments.”]
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