Removal of Phishing Message from Queen's Mailboxes – 260602 Archived

  • On Monday, June 1st and Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 a malicious email was sent to members of the Queen's community. In keeping with the Digital information Security Policy, this message is being removed from all mailboxes using an automated feature in Microsoft 365.

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

    If you are not using a Microsoft 365 mailbox or forward your mail outside of Microsoft 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

    SUBJECTS:

    [NAME REDACTED] shared the folder "Queens University May Payment" with you
    [NAME REDACTED] shared the folder "Attachments" with you
    [NAME REDACTED] shared the folder "Documents" with you
    [NAME REDACTED] shared the folder "Queens Doc" with you

    SAMPLE OF REMOVED MESSAGES:

    [NAME REDACTED] invited you to view a folder

    Here's the folder that [NAME REDACTED] shared with you

    Documents [LINK REDACTED]

    This invite will only work for you and people with existing access.

    Open [LINK REDACTED]

    This email is generated through Queen's University's use of Microsoft 365 and may contain content that is controlled by Queen's University.

    END OF REMOVED MESSAGE
  • Publish Date: June 2, 2026 09:47
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    • ITSNOTICE-L (ITS-L & ITADMIN-L) - itsnotice-l@lists.queensu.ca
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