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In August 2022, the online feces delivery service ShitExpress suffered a data breach that exposed 24,000 unique email addresses. The addresses spanned invoices, gift cards, promotions and PayPal...
Posted: October 18, 2022, 3:57 PM
Fraudster Impersonating UMBC Officials
This morning, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) received a report of fraudulent emails sent to the University System of Maryland office.. The fraudster is forging the name of UMBC...
Posted: October 13, 2022, 11:49 AM
Another Scam
On October 4, 2022, a job offer was posted in at least one group on the MyUMBC site. The job offer was supposedly from Prof. Erika Fountain for "Administrative Assistants". This posting was an...
Posted: October 6, 2022, 7:21 PM
They Want Your Password
Recently, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received a report of a phishing email that appeared to be crafted to attack users in the Computer Science department. The phishers are...
Posted: October 6, 2022, 12:02 PM
An Advisory From CISA
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has posted a warning about scammers pretending to be charitable agencies either soliciting contributions for hurricane victims or trying...
Posted: September 30, 2022, 2:18 PM