Phishing Attack against CMU
Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later, but there was a recent phishing attack targeting members of the CMU community. And, no, this wasn't an experiment from our research team.
SCS Computing Facilities has received the following announcement from campus
Computing Services.
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WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Phishing Emails Sent to Carnegie Mellon Accounts
WHEN: Feb 21, 2008
HOW: Fraudulent emails have recently been sent to Carnegie Mellon
email accounts claiming to be from the "CMU SUPPORT TEAM
" asking people to reply with their "CMU Webmail
account" passwords.
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SCS Computing Facilities has received the following announcement from campus
Computing Services.
*** To verify the authenticity of this message, see Security News &
Events at ***
WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Phishing Emails Sent to Carnegie Mellon Accounts
WHEN: Feb 21, 2008
HOW: Fraudulent emails have recently been sent to Carnegie Mellon
email accounts claiming to be from the "CMU SUPPORT TEAM
" asking people to reply with their "CMU Webmail
account" passwords.
...