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Issue Details

W-2 Phishing email

Posted 2/10/2016 8:28:38 AM
closed 2/10/2016 10:03:38 AM

Who is affected?

Any customers who received an email entitled "Your electronic W-2 is ready" on Wednesday 2/10/16.

Problem:

W-2 Phishing email

Systems involved:

Office 365

Updates:

2/10/2016 8:32:40 AM:
Security team has investigated the phish. The site does look just like the WyoSecure login page, but it does not ask for social security numbers. FireFox does not detect the site as a phishing site.

Details:

This is a phishing email.

Problem resolution:

IT personnel are working on removing these emails from the system. Any customer who clicked the link should contact the UWIT Help Desk at 766-4357, option 1, to secure their UW account. All of these emails are removed. We sent an announcement out to campus about this email. We have responded to all calls and emails that came into the Help Desk about this.

Information Technology apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please contact the Help Desk at 766-HELP (4357), option 1, or send an email to the Help Desk (userhelp@uwyo.edu) if you have any questions.

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