Showing posts with label phishing scams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phishing scams. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Texas attorney general says breach of state databases already resulted in a phishing scam

Remember the story last week where Texas Comptroller Susan Combs owned up to her agency's security flub with the personal information of 3.5 million Texans?

Well, now Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office reports there's evidence of a telephone phishing scam involving information from the breached database.

Drago: http://dallasne.ws/goVTME

Attorney General's release: https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3695