The University of Manitoba is
still trying to resolve the problems caused by the repeated Phishing scams. The scams have
resulted in the University’s campus network being blocked by several Internet
Email Service Providers over the past week. We have been able to resume
service with most providers; the most notable exception to this would be
Windows Live Hotmail. Any email sent to a hotmail account continues to be
rejected from their email server. Several attempts have been made at all levels
to have this block removed. At this time Microsoft has not facilitated
our requests.
University of Manitoba correspondence between staff, faculty and students has been directly impacted as a result. At this time, IST is recommending that all official correspondence must be between University of Manitoba computer accounts.
Please note, never give out your password. IST will never ask you for your password.
Protect, your computer account information as you would any other confidential information.
IST has more information available on Phishing here:http://umanitoba.ca/computing/ist/security/phishing.html