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Account Data Breach: Promo

Credentials Breach Report

In June 2020, a marketing video creator website, Promo, suffered a data breach. 22 million users' personal information was leaked on an online hacking forum. This data includes names, email,...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 12:24 PM

Account Data breach: ProctorU

Credentials Breach Report

In June 2020, ProctorU, an online examination service, suffered a data breach. Over 444K user records were exposed and posted to an online hacking community. These records contain names, emails,...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 12:21 PM

Microsoft SharePoint Phishing Scam

A Scam Targeting Microsoft SharePoint Users

Malicious actors are using Covid-19 and current economic conditions to exploit victims with new phishing scams. The article linked below talks about two similar phishing scams. One scam claims to...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 12:20 PM

"Quick Response" - A UMBC Impersonation Scam

A Common Scam That Still Works

Recently DoIT has been notified that an email scammer has been trying to impersonate other UMBC staffers. The email comes from a scammer who is claiming to be someone from UMBC and has the Subject...

Posted: August 24, 2020, 12:19 PM

Account Data Breach: Truefire

Truefire Data Breach

In February 2020, the guitar tuition website TrueFire suffered a data breach. Over 600,000 individuals were affected. Information such as names, emails, addresses, account balances, and passwords...

Posted: August 21, 2020, 12:14 PM