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According to The Vertical, a Bucks employee distributed 2015 IRS W-2 documents as part of an email scam. The info included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, compensation information and dates of birth. “We take this incident, and the privacy and security of our employees, very seriously,” the team said in a statement. “We immediately launched an investigation, which is aggressive and ongoing. We quickly notified impacted individuals and are arranging for these individuals to have access to three years of credit monitoring and non-expiring identity restoration services.”
The breach was discovered May 16 and the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are investigating the incident. The Bucks have also notified the IRS and FBI.
