[The Vertical] Bucks players' W-2 information email scammed

craguin · May 19, 2016

Sources: Bucks players’ financial data compromised in scam

In an email sent to Milwaukee players on Wednesday night, the franchise termed the issue as a “serious security incident” and took responsibility for an employee distributing 2015 IRS W-2 documents in an email scam in which team president Peter Feigin was impersonated, sources said.

The W-2 information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, compensation information and dates of birth. An unknown party requested the private documents on April 26, and the Bucks ultimately discovered on May 16 that the financial forms were sent to a spoof hacker, according to the email sent to players.

In the correspondence, the Bucks said they were notifying the IRS and FBI about the incident.

Player representatives with clients on the Bucks during the 2015 fiscal year are working to secure the safety of their players’ finances.
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el gnomo · May 19, 2016

Shoe fits for this sorry ass franchise lmfao.

PhiSlammaJamma · May 19, 2016

I fell for one scam about 20 years ago which was the yellow pages invoice renewal when the Yellow Pages forgot to renew the copyright on their logo. Luckily no big deal. but I was had.

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