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Phishing Attack on MSU System Causing Changes

Phishing Attack on MSU System Causing Changes
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Sep. 29, 2016 | MURRAY, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Sep. 29, 2016 | 11:28 AM | MURRAY, KY
Murray State University has issued a release to faculty and staff on campus asking everyone to change their email passwords.

MSU says the reason for the request is due to several recent email scams and phishing attacks.  

A phishing attack is an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.


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