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We've Been Phished!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Due to a compromised user account, USD is currently being blocked from sending e-mail to several outside providers, including Hotmail, AOL, Comcast and several universities. We are working to get this blacklisting lifted, but this process takes several days to clear. The following are the domains currently blocking USD e-mail:
Aol
Hotmail
US Navy (navy.mil)
Barracuda (including wallacecunningham.com)
Seaton Hall University
Phishing e-mails are unsolicited e-mails sent to random e-mail addresses, allegedly from a financial service firm (PayPal, a bank or other financial institution), the IRS, or even from a source within your institution such as ITS or the Help Desk.
When individuals reply to phishing messages and provide their login and password information, this may result in not only compromising your personal identity, but also university computing resources. USD’s e-mail servers are immediately blocked by Internet Service Providers (ISP), universities, colleges and businesses in an attempt to stop the spam or phishing e-mails from USD.
If you see an e-mail and you are not sure if it is legitimate, forward it to: abuse@sandiego.edu.
Please visit the ITS Security Web site created to help you protect your computer when using online Web services. Use extreme caution when browsing the Internet, making purchases online, and when answering e-mails asking for your username, passwords, social security number, etc.
Please note that ITS will never ask you for your login, password, social security number, date of birth, or other forms of personal information.
We've Been Phished!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Due to a compromised user account, USD is currently being blocked from sending e-mail to several outside providers, including Hotmail, AOL, Comcast and several universities. We are working to get this blacklisting lifted, but this process takes several days to clear. The following are the domains currently blocking USD e-mail:
Aol
Hotmail
US Navy (navy.mil)
Barracuda (including wallacecunningham.com)
Seaton Hall University
Phishing e-mails are unsolicited e-mails sent to random e-mail addresses, allegedly from a financial service firm (PayPal, a bank or other financial institution), the IRS, or even from a source within your institution such as ITS or the Help Desk.
When individuals reply to phishing messages and provide their login and password information, this may result in not only compromising your personal identity, but also university computing resources. USD’s e-mail servers are immediately blocked by Internet Service Providers (ISP), universities, colleges and businesses in an attempt to stop the spam or phishing e-mails from USD.
If you see an e-mail and you are not sure if it is legitimate, forward it to: abuse@sandiego.edu.
Please visit the ITS Security Web site created to help you protect your computer when using online Web services. Use extreme caution when browsing the Internet, making purchases online, and when answering e-mails asking for your username, passwords, social security number, etc.
Please note that ITS will never ask you for your login, password, social security number, date of birth, or other forms of personal information.
