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Bucks' financial documents released in email scam

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The NBA and NBPA are investigating an email scam that led to the release of financial documents of Milwaukee Bucks players, The Vertical's Shams Charania reports.

A team employee distributed the players' W-2 wage and tax statements after receiving an email request from an unknown hacker posing as Bucks president Peter Feigin. The forms included the players' addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and salary information.

The email requesting the documents was received on April 26, but the Bucks didn't discover the security breach until May 16, according to Charania. The team said in a subsequent email to its players that it has notified the IRS and FBI.

"The communication received on this major security breach is unacceptable," an agent representing a Bucks player told Charania. "The players need to know the exact measures being taken by the Bucks and the FBI to ensure each and every player's identity and financial information will not be compromised. There needs to be accountability for such a mistake, details on the steps taken to rectify it, and a process put in place to make sure this never happens again."

In an email to the players, the team also announced it will provide them with two years of free credit monitoring and identity-theft restoration services.

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