Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sprouts Farmers Market
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Sprouts Farmers Market falls victim to a W-2 phishing scam, with the company admitting an employee sent off the tax data for all its workers to an unknown person.