Removal of Phishing Message from Queen's Mailboxes Archived

  • On Thursday October 19th, a malicious email was sent to members of the Queen's community. In keeping with the Electronic Information Security Policy, this message has been removed from all mailboxes using an automated feature in Office 365.

    If you are not using an Office 365 mailbox or forward your mail outside of Office 365, ITS is not able to automatically remove the malicious message. Please delete the message manually from your mailbox if you have received a copy.

    If you received this message, clicked the link and entered your credentials, please change your NetID password immediately. If you have any questions please contact the IT Support Center at x36666.

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    From: "queensu.ca"
    Date: October 19, 2017 at 5:30:32 PM EDT
    To: Recipients
    Subject: Your email account has been suspended

    The Queen's University

    Security Alert , Thursday, 19 October 2017

    Your Queen's University email account has been suspended. You must verify it immediately or your account will be closed or wouldn't be able to send or receive mail.

    click link to verify: http://queensu.ca <link removed>

    Regards
    Copyright © 2017 Queen's University



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  • Publish Date: October 19, 2017 21:49
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