INDIANAPOLIS — Officials at Scotty ’ s Brewhouse are scrambling to deal with a data breach Attack.Databreach that leaked Attack.Databreach thousands of employee W-2 forms to an unknown scammer . That 's according to our news reporting partners at CBS4 Indy . Company officials called police about the leak Monday afternoon . Somebody posing as Attack.Phishing CEO Scott Wise emailed Attack.Phishing a payroll employee , asking her to send all 4,000 W-2 forms to him . The e-mail wasn ’ t really from Wise , but the employee did send all the forms , giving the scammer personal finance information for all those employees . Scotty ’ s Brewhouse executives contacted the IRS and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department about the breach . They ’ re now working to notify all their employees and give them steps to protect their financial information . IMPD and other agencies are involved in the investigation into who sent Attack.Phishing the bogus email . This email scam Attack.Phishing matches a phishing scheme Attack.Phishing that prompted a warning from the IRS last year during tax season . At that time , the agency recorded a 400 percent increase in this kind of scam . The IRS has a website to use if your W-2 or other information has been leaked Attack.Databreach . Tuesday evening , Scotty 's Brewhouse issued a statement on the situation : Yesterday Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC and its subsidiary , affiliate and managed entities were the victims of an email phishing scam Attack.Phishing that resulted in the disclosure of 2016 W-2 information . Scotty ’ s has confirmed that no customer information was obtained Attack.Databreach by the scammers in yesterday ’ s phishing scam Attack.Phishing . Scotty ’ s is working closely with federal and local law enforcement and the credit bureaus to limit any potential misuse of the information that was obtained Attack.Databreach and to identify and apprehend the scammers . “ Unfortunately , Scotty ’ s was the target of and fell victim to scammers , as so many other companies have , ” said Scott Wise , CEO of Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC . “ Scotty ’ s employees and customers are of tremendous importance to the company and Scotty ’ s regrets any inconvenience to its employees that may result from this scamming incident . Scotty ’ s will continue to work with federal and local law enforcement , the Internal Revenue Service and credit bureaus to bring the responsible party or parties to justice. ” Scotty ’ s alerted authorities immediately after it learned of the scam . A toll-free number was set up by the company to answer employee questions . The company will also make available to affected employees one year of credit monitoring at no cost to employees , in addition to providing information regarding available resources for its employees to monitor their credit .

INDIANAPOLIS , Ind.– Officials at Scotty ’ s Brewhouse are working to inform thousands of employees across the company about an email data breach Attack.Databreach , leaking Attack.Databreach employees ’ W-2 forms to an unknown suspect . Company officials called IMPD Monday afternoon to report the breach Attack.Databreach , which apparently resulted from an email phishing scam Attack.Phishing . According to the police report , an individual posing as Attack.Phishing company CEO Scott Wise sent Attack.Phishing an email to a payroll account employee . The email requested the employee to send all 4,000 employees W-2 forms in PDF form . Chris Martin , director of HR/Payroll for the company , told police the email did not really come from Wise . However , the payroll account employee did email all 4,000 W-2 forms to the unknown individual . The report says Martin contacted the IRS to inform the agency of the breach . The IRS recommended Martin also file a report with IMPD . Scotty ’ s Brewhouse officials are now in the process of informing all employees , and providing them with precautionary measures to take in order to protect their financial and personal information . The company says it will offer one year of credit monitoring at no cost to employees , in addition to providing information regarding available resources for its employees to monitor their credit . Scotty ’ s says no customer information was obtained Attack.Databreach during the phishing scam Attack.Phishing . The company is working with law enforcement and the credit bureaus to limit any potential misuse of the information that was obtained Attack.Databreach and to identify and apprehend the scammers . Scott Wise , CEO of Scotty ’ s Holdings , LLC , issued the following statement : “ Unfortunately , Scotty ’ s was the target of and fell victim to scammers , as so many other companies have , ” said Wise . “ Scotty ’ s employees and customers are of tremendous importance to the company and Scotty ’ s regrets any inconvenience to its employees that may result from this scamming incident . Scotty ’ s will continue to work with federal and local law enforcement , the Internal Revenue Service and credit bureaus to bring the responsible party or parties to justice ” . The incident appears to match the description of an email phishing Attack.Phishing scheme the IRS issued warnings about last year . This scheme involves scammers posing as Attack.Phishing company executives to request financial and personal information on employees . The IRS has online tutorials on the proper steps to take if you have become the victim of identity theft or your personal information has been leaked Attack.Databreach