<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;clear:both;overflow:visible;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear students,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br>UCR has learned of a phishing campaign targeting university students. Based on current information, it appears the scam uses phishing emails and fraudulent portals, manipulating students into providing their credentials and approving multi-factor authentication requests to access student accounts where attackers change student account information. Part of this fraud campaign involves redirecting official university email fraud alerts to “trash” folders to avoid detection.   </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br>ITS and UCPD are conducting investigations and implementing additional safeguards. Student Business Services (SBS) is in conversations with impacted students to provide relief and support.   <br><br>The sophisticated social engineering aspect of this crime requires all Highlanders to be on high alert and <a href="https://its.ucr.edu/cybersmart" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">stay cybersmart</a>. Students and the campus community are strongly encouraged to educate themselves on signs of increasingly sophisticated phishing scams by visiting <a href="http://its.ucr.edu/iso-alert/phishing-escalation" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">its.ucr.edu/iso-alert/phishing-escalation</a>.    <br><br>If you receive a questionable email, do not click any links. Use the "Report Suspicious" button in your Gmail (<a href="https://youtu.be/revwvK9DUBM?si=DdbXD0RvBoxRY7YP" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">watch the how-to video on YouTube</a>) or forward it to <a href="mailto:abuse@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">abuse@ucr.edu</a>. If you believe you have been victimized by this social engineering fraud campaign, please contact UCPD to report the incident at <a href="mailto:ucpddetectives@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">ucpddetectives@ucr.edu</a> and Student Business Services at 951.827.3204 or <a href="mailto:sbsofc@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">sbsofc@ucr.edu</a> to discuss options for relief.   <br><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Sincerely,</span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br>Liz<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor of History</span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">University of California, Riverside<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">951.827.1129 | <a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu" target="_blank">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="198" height="61" src="cid:image001.png@01DB719C.EFF85DB0" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 2.0625in; height: 0.6354in;"></span></p></div></div></div></div>