In the first quarter of 2016, more than three dozen businesses have been victimized by Phishing attacks targeting employee tax records. More often than not the ultimate goal is tax information that can be used to obtain fraudulent returns. The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert to payroll and HR professionals about the growing trend of BEC attacks targeting W-2 and other tax related data. The key is empowerment, enabling employees to question requests for sensitive data no matter the source and training them alert key members of the organization if something feels suspicious.”]