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UMaine Systems Reports Phishing Attack

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Dissent

WABI reports:

The University of Maine reports some of their staff and students have been victims of cyber criminals.

According to the school, 86 individuals were tricked into providing their login credentials in an online phishing attack.

Personal passwords were given out to access an online document that was actually fake.

We’re told the cyber criminals then used that information to access university accounts, hoping to find bank account and social security numbers.

Read more on WABI.

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