[math-ias] Phishing email related to COVID-19 Benefits

Brian Epstein bepstein at ias.edu
Wed May 12 20:52:33 EDT 2021


Dear IAS Community,

Many of you received messages with the subject "Re: COVID-19 Benefits" this evening.  This was a scam or phishing message intended to lure you into clicking on a malicious link and filling out the information.

If you have clicked on the link, please contact your IAS Computing Helpdesk (https://www.ias.edu/campus-resources/working-at-ias/computing).  If you have put in your username and password, please change your password as soon as possible.  Instructions on how to do so should be on your School's computing helpdesk page.

For more information on how to spot a scam, you can look at the resources here: https://security.ias.edu/spotting-scam-email-aka-phish.

All the best, and safe computing!
Brian

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Brian Epstein <bepstein at ias.edu>                     +1 609-734-8179
Manager, Network and Security, CISO     Institute for Advanced Study
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