US Maine School District Mar 2016 Social Engineering (Q9321)
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A data breach risk event
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US Maine School District Mar 2016 Social Engineering
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A data breach risk event
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March 2016
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A computer hacker or hackers posing as a districts school superintendent have tried to trick at least three Maine school departments into handing over sensitive personal information contained on employees W-2 forms and succeeded at least partially with one of them. The breadth of the email scam came to light Tuesday after Brunswick Superintendent Paul Perzanoski apologized to school department employees whose W-2 forms were sent to a fake email address. The worker who sent the forms thought it was in response to an email request from Perzanoski. But in a letter sent to all employees Tuesday, Perzanoski said the worker who was duped into sending the W-2 forms was suspicious enough to delete everyones Social Security numbers. More than 400 workers are employed by Brunswick schools. Last wee (English)
