990WBOB
  • WBOB READS
  • WBOB Radio
  • Past Casts
  • F Bomb Friday
  • Register To Win
  • Weather
  • Contact
  • About
    • WBOB Press Releases
    • Join Our Team!
    • CHARITY GALA

Data Breach at Teespring Impacts Laid-Off Providence Workers

3/17/2016

Comments

 
Picture
Kevin Aherne

Teespring has become the latest company to experience a breach in their security that has compromised the private data of its employees -- and it is directly impacting Rhode Islanders. 

Rhode Island residents who lost their jobs in 2015 when the apparel brand relocated to Kentucky were dealt another blow when they received an email from their former employer.

We discovered that a Teespring employee was the victim of a phishing scam, which resulted in W2's from 2015 for our current and former employees being sent externally," says the email from Teespring's SVP Finance of Operations, Ryan Roland. "This is a scam that has impacted a number of companies, including ours, unfortunately. We are extremely sorry that this has happened."
Read the full email below

Teespring pulled out of its founding city in the Summer of 2015, eliminating 70 local jobs and relocating them to the company's production facility in Kentucky. Most of those jobs were in customer service, selling services, and graphic design positions. Both current and former employees have been affected by the data breach. 

​It feels like they are permanently sticking a dagger into us," says former Customer Service Representative, Courtney Burnside, who lost her job at Teespring in the 2015 move. "This could hurt all of us for the rest of our lives."

The data breach likely affects any employee who worked for Teespring in 2015. The company, in their email offered to pay for two years of identity theft protection and monitoring, and urged those effected to take additional action to prevent fraud. 


"They offered us 2 years of life lock. That's not enough," Burnside added. "This may be an issue for the rest of our lives. It's our social security numbers."

READ: Teespring's employee data breach email

Picture
Comments

    WBOB
    Original
    ​Reads

    Picture

    Unbiased, Unfiltered. WBOB's Original Reads feature our brightest and boldest personalities, offering their two-cents on the goings on of news, sports, politics, entertainment, and business. -- Are our opinions always PC? Nope. Are they always perfect? Nah. But, are they always 100% authentic? Absolutely!


    LISTEN
    ​TO WBOB ORIGINAL PODCASTS

    Picture
    Listen to
    ​Past BOBCasts

    WBOB 
    Best Reads
    Brought To You By
    TripAdvisor.com

    Picture

    Celebrating David Clyde: A Wild Passionate Friend To All


    Picture

    Search 
    The Archives


    Reads From Our Friends

    Picture

    The Best Game Development Tools: How to Make Your Own Game


    Contact Us
    info@990WBOB.com


Search For Your Favorite WBOB Author,
​or BobCast

990WBOB 
An Independent Media Outlet.

The views opinions and thoughts expressed do not  reflect those of 990WBOB, its management or its staff. All Rights Reserved 990WBOB.com 2007-2020
​
Contact WBOB HERE

WBOB Reads

Weather

Live BOBCasts

Past Casts

Contact Us

Join Our Team!

Featured Supporters

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Photo used under Creative Commons from nzhamstar
  • WBOB READS
  • WBOB Radio
  • Past Casts
  • F Bomb Friday
  • Register To Win
  • Weather
  • Contact
  • About
    • WBOB Press Releases
    • Join Our Team!
    • CHARITY GALA