Re: Fraudulent Facebook Profile

["Renaud, Robert" <renaudr () DICKINSON EDU>]

Kees:

We had a similar situation last year when a YouTube video portrayed
Dickinson College in an embarrassing light.  Our in-house attorney wrote
them a cordial email and it was withdrawn shortly thereafter.

Regards, 

Robert E. Renaud
Vice President and CIO
Library and Information Services
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
717.245.1072 (Voice)
717-254-8142 (Fax)
renaudr () dickinson edu  


-----Original Message-----
From: Kees Leune [mailto:LEUNE () ADELPHI EDU] 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:40 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Fraudulent Facebook Profile

Hello Everyone,


It was brought to my attention today that (presumably) one or more of
our students created a fake Facebook profile of one of our Faculty
members. The page contains elements copied from the University's Faculty
Profiles (which are only available via our Intranet), and advertises the
individual in such a way that it could damage that person's individual
integrity, as well as the University's good name. 

Unfortunately, reaching out to Facebook via their abuse@ email address
did not solicit any reaction yet, and given the general buzz I do not
expect to hear much back from that route either. Has anyone on this list
ever handled a situation like this before? If so, how did you handle it?


Any suggestions would be more than appreciated!

Thank you,

kees