WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There are emails that are being circulated, an example of which is below, that appear to come from OIT directing users to an external form to provide sensitive data. These are not legitimate emails.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
If you receive an email like this, do not click on the links. You may safely delete it.
You can learn to recognize phishing emails. They frequently contain poor grammar and unusual wording. Sometimes they will use a legitimate-looking email address, but they don't always. In some cases, there is a mismatch between the name and the email address in the From field. These, however, are not always present. The tell-tale sign is to check without clicking the links to see where they point to. Phishing emails want you to visit a site with an unusual URL that has nothing to do with the sender. In the example below, the form link points to an external site unrelated to Georgia Tech.
-----Original Message-----
From: OIT Technology Support Center [support@oit.gatech.edu]
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 18:39
To: MGT Remedy
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
Your GaTech Email account has been reported for numerous spams Activities from a foreign ip recently. As a result you may not be able to receive or send new mail.
However, you might not be the one promoting this Spam, as your e-mail account might have been compromised. To protect your account from sending spam mails, You are to confirm your true ownership of this account by following this link below, fill the form and login again.
http://www.<REMOVED>.com/form-354416/Georgia-Institute-Of-Technology
Failure to do this will violate the University IT Policies .This will render your account inactive.
NOTE!!: You will be sent a password (Private Code) reset message in next seven (7) working days after undergoing this process for Security reasons.
The office of Information Security will keep this updated if information should change, but we encourage all users to run their updates after the expected release of this patch.
Authorised by: Jim O'Connor,
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Office of Information Technology (OIT)