Removal of Phishing Message from Queen's Mailboxes - 190718 Archived

  • On Thursday, July 18th, a malicious email was sent to members of the Queen's community. In keeping with the Electronic Information Security Policy, this message is being removed from all mailboxes using an automated feature in Office 365.

    Please delete the message manually from your mailbox if you have received a copy.

    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.

    If you received this message, clicked the link and entered your credentials, please securely change your NetID password immediately.

    If you have any questions please contact the IT Support Centre at x36666.

    We have provided part of the removed message for your reference at the bottom of this email.
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    BEGINNING OF REMOVED MESSAGE

    Thu 7/18/2019 2:26 PM
    [REDACTED] [REDACTED]@queensu.ca
    Re: Queen's University

    Queen's University

    Dear Email User,

    We noticed a login to your Microsoft account from an unrecognized device on Thursday, July 18, 2019 (GMT+2) 20:25 from Madrid, Spain.

    Was this you? If so, please disregard the rest of this email.

    If this wasn't you, please follow the links below to keep your E-mail account safe and provide required information to keep your account active.

    [REDACTED]

    Thanks,
    Microsoft Security Services
    Queen's University

    END OF REMOVED MESSAGE
  • Publish Date: July 18, 2019 14:54
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