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  • Offtopic, but: phishing attack in progress against MIT list servers

    From Joe Kesselman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 23 20:51:51 2022
    Since I know there are other MIT alums out there, and the MIT servers
    host mailing lists for some other organizations...

    There's a phishing attack in progress against the mailing list servers
    at MIT. It apparently blasts all subscribers of all lists with an e-mail claiming that 5 messages were not delivered and asking that you click on
    a "recovery" link -- which, if you take the time to hover over it (as
    you always should) goes to a non-MIT URI. If you're on multiple lists,
    you can expect to get multiple copies of the phish.

    Obviously, don't click on that link.

    I've reported it to MIT info security. The lists I'm on happen to start
    with A; maybe they can get this under control before the attack goes too
    much farther.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Joe Kesselman on Mon Jan 24 06:37:02 2022
    On 1/23/22 8:51 PM, Joe Kesselman wrote:
    I've reported it to MIT info security. The lists I'm on happen to start
    with A; maybe they can get this under control before the attack goes too
    much farther.

    (TTTO "Gone Filking"):

    Gone phishing on a winter day,
    Gone phishing so we'll get our way,
    Gone phishing starting with List A,
    Don't you wish we'd stop phishing?

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jan 24 21:21:39 2022
    Joe Kesselman <[email protected]> wrote:
    There's a phishing attack in progress against the mailing list servers
    at MIT. It apparently blasts all subscribers of all lists with an e-mail >claiming that 5 messages were not delivered and asking that you click on
    a "recovery" link -- which, if you take the time to hover over it (as
    you always should) goes to a non-MIT URI. If you're on multiple lists,
    you can expect to get multiple copies of the phish.

    Is this like when the president mailed about how the school was being shut
    down because of threats about the Alan Schwartz case?

    Or it more like when incoming students got email about their new dormitory assignment in the swimming pool?

    Or is it more like the announcement sent out to all students about the terrible explosion thet destroyed the Caltech campus?

    Thinking more about this, I am not sure I would trust ANY email from mit... --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Joe Kesselman@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Tue Jan 25 19:56:00 2022
    On 1/24/2022 6:37 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
    (TTTO "Gone Filking"):
    Don't you wish we'd stop phishing?

    Nice quickie, Gary.

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