Hackers have been VERY successful at tricking K-Staters into giving away their eID password — in 2009 more than 430 K-Staters replied to phishing e-mails, sending their eID passwords to criminals who used those to log into K-State’s e-mail and send thousands of spam e-mails. The good news is that repeated communications by K-State’s IT security team, Help Desk, and IT support staff have slowed the pace of compromised e-mail accounts. The bad news is the hackers’ techniques have evolved accordingly with new, more sophisticated scams that steal your password.
K-State’s mantra for the last two years has been “NEVER provide your password in an e-mail to anyone under any circumstances!” How did the hackers respond? On Jan. 23, they sent the following scam e-mail to numerous K-Staters. Note that it doesn’t ask you to send your password in an e-mail. Instead, it tries to trick you into clicking on a link that goes to a website where they want you to enter your eID and password.
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