Caley Ramsay reports:
MacEwan University said its IT systems are secure after the institution was defrauded of nearly $12 million in a phishing scam compounded by human error.
The university learned it was the victim of an attack last Wednesday, Aug. 23 after a series of fraudulent emails “convinced university staff to change electronic banking information for one of the university’s major vendors.”
Read more on GlobalNews.ca. Patrick Nohe calls this a cautionary tale over on HashedOut.
Related: MacEwan statement