REN ISAC public advisory issued

[Joanna Grama <jgrama () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Good afternoon,

The REN-ISAC (Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center) has issued a public ADVISORY 
about recent university payroll theft schemes.  EDUCAUSE is sharing this advisory to help inform the higher education 
community about this advisory.

You can read the REN-ISAC advisory at: http://www.ren-isac.net/alerts.html. A PDF of this advisory is also attached to 
this email.

The purpose of this advisory is to provide relevant and actionable information for prevention and defense. Institutions 
are encouraged to consult with their information security and/or incident response staff for additional information on 
how this advisory may impact the institution.

The REN-ISAC mission is to aid and promote cybersecurity operational protection and response within the research and 
higher education (R&E) communities. The mission is conducted through private information sharing within a community of 
trusted representatives at member organizations, and as a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) supporting 
the R&E community at-large. REN-ISAC serves as R&E's trusted partner in commercial, governmental and private 
information sharing relationships, in the formal U.S. ISAC community, and for served networks.   Learn more about the 
REN-ISAC at http://www.ren-isac.net

Questions about this advisory should be directed to SOC () REN-ISAC net<mailto:SOC () REN-ISAC net>.

Kind regards,
Joanna

Joanna Grama, JD, CISSP, CRISC, CIPT
Director of DRA Operations, IT GRC and Cybersecurity Programs
Data, Research, and Analytics
EDUCAUSE
Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good
282 Century Place, Suite 5000, Louisville, CO 80027
direct: 720.406.6769 | main: 303.449.4430 | fax: 303.440.0461 | educause.edu<http://www.educause.edu/>

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