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Editorial: IT should provide more security against phishing

Editorial: IT should provide more security against phishing

By The Ithacan January 25, 2023
Students have all the right to be dissatisfied with how the college has handled protecting their security.
Scammers send phishing emails to students, promoting employment opportunities, altering the names of actual faculty and departments at the college.

Students receive scam emails promoting employment

By Aubren Villasenor, Aubren Villasenor January 25, 2023
Students have been receiving scam emails from Ithaca College’s Department of Biology offering a high-paying job.
David Weil, associate vice president and chief information officer of information technology, said that through the use of deceptive emails, phishers gained access to some students’ usernames and passwords.

Phishing incident prompts new security for college email accounts

By Ryan Bieber, Contributing Writer September 25, 2018
Ithaca College’s latest phishing incident occurred Aug. 19. Although there have been similar incidents in the past, this specific attack left more accounts compromised than ever before.
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