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posted by cmn32480 on Friday September 16 2016, @07:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the disk-usting- dept.

http://www.techspot.com/news/66306-seagate-sued-own-employees-after-company-falls-phishing.html

Storage manufacturer Seagate is facing a class-action lawsuit brought against it by the company's own employees. It comes after a senior HR executive was tricked into handed over workers' personal information in a phishing scam.

Back in March, cybercriminals sent an email to Seagate HR that appeared to originate from company CEO Stephen Luczo. It requested copies of employees' 2015 W-2 tax forms and other personally identifiable information, which were duly handed over. The documents contained names, social security numbers, income figures and home addresses – a trove of valuable data for identity theft fraudsters.

Nearly 10,000 current and past employee details were sent to the scammers, along with those of any family members and beneficiaries named in the documents.

As noted by The Register, employees filed the lawsuit against Seagate in July, accusing the firm of malpractice and a lack of regard for employees through negligent data management. The suit claims the information was "almost immediately" used to file fraudulent tax forms and for other methods of ID theft.


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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Friday September 16 2016, @11:57PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Friday September 16 2016, @11:57PM (#402993) Journal

    Too late. Their heads contacted the platters and all is lost.

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