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Goatf*ckers Inc Strikes Again
Mar. 1st, 2016 12:49 amFrom my dear employer's chief legal officer: "We just became aware that on February 25, 2016 we were hit with a phishing scam which resulted in exposing information from the Company’s 2015 W2 filing including employee social security numbers. This means the information on your W2 form could possibly be compromised."
They have advised me to:
What they didn't do was offer to cover the expense of a credit freeze, something one would think would be the bare minimum, especially since management has to continue working with the employees they've just hosed.
I've contacted Equifax to put a 90 day monitor on my account (free, renewable indefinitely every 90 days); I've received a confirmation and notice that they're sharing the info with the other two major agencies.
In the past two years, I've had my info leaked by the University of Maryland, Blue Cross and now my employer. This makes me unhappy.
UPDATE: We were informed this afternoon that four people already experienced fake tax returns submitted to the IRS in their names, including the SSNs for their spouses. I already have my return so I'm not too exciting at the moment but will be contacting the IRS asap to confirm.
They have advised me to:
- submit a Form 14039 to the IRS to notify them of an issue and so they will monitor my IRS transactions for three years.
- contact the Social Security Administration to confirm my SSN isn't being used elsewhere (yet);
- contact the credit bureaux for immediate 90 day protection/monitoring
- contact the FTC to deal with any identity theft.
What they didn't do was offer to cover the expense of a credit freeze, something one would think would be the bare minimum, especially since management has to continue working with the employees they've just hosed.
I've contacted Equifax to put a 90 day monitor on my account (free, renewable indefinitely every 90 days); I've received a confirmation and notice that they're sharing the info with the other two major agencies.
In the past two years, I've had my info leaked by the University of Maryland, Blue Cross and now my employer. This makes me unhappy.
UPDATE: We were informed this afternoon that four people already experienced fake tax returns submitted to the IRS in their names, including the SSNs for their spouses. I already have my return so I'm not too exciting at the moment but will be contacting the IRS asap to confirm.
