Phishing scams infect Elon emails
Imagine receiving an email from techservices@elon.edu. The email, complete with the new Elon University logo in the header, says you won’t be able to access your transcript on OnTrack anymore unless you register your OnTrack login and password with Technology Services at the link below. Would you think twice before clicking on it? According to Chris Waters, assistant vice president for technology and Chief Information Officer, you should think twice — or else you could become a victim of the latest of many phishing scams that plague Elon University email users every semester. “They happen so often, we’d be sending out emails every day [if we notified users of every attack],” Waters said. Gone phishing Phishing emails, which many students might know better as spam emails, are emails sent by attackers that usually ask a target to click a link or enter credentials.
