The number of phishing attacks aiming for W-2 information continues to grow and doesn’t show signs of slowing down, CSO reports. More than 60 organizations have been victimized by W-2 scams in the first half of 2016, resulting in $2.3 billion in losses over the last three years. First, the attacker impersonates an authority figure, then orders lower-level employees to share tax or other payroll information. "The employee shouldn’t have been able to access that much data without some sort of oversight kicking in. The fact that a single employee, for any reason, could grab so much data and simply send it to anyone, regardless of who they think that person is, is a scary prospect when you stop to think about it," said Jonathan Sander, vice president at Lieberman Software.
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