Wed, Feb 8, 2017

Kroll Identity Theft and Breach Notification Practice Leader Brian Lapidus Contributes His Insights to the Wall Street Journal

Kroll Identity Theft and Breach Notification Practice Leader Brian Lapidus contributes his insights to the Wall Street Journal on how cyber criminals are increasingly using phishing or spoofing email schemes to target company employees with access to sensitive personnel files. Particularly popular around tax season, the scams are relatively simple ways for thieves to obtain valuable information on W-2 forms that can be sold on the web or used to collect refunds through false tax returns. As Brian points out: “It’s one-stop shopping. It’s easy and low-tech.”

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