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Re: Uptick in imap attacks on student accounts


From: Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:09:48 -0500

I'm not sure we can call it an uptick any more... but yes, starting in
September/October, the baseline has increased massively

Frank

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 12:06 PM Jim A. Bole <jbole () stevenson edu> wrote:

Curious if anyone else is seeing an uptick on imap login attempts against
student accounts, similar to September's attack based on compromised Chegg
accounts?

Jim Bole
Director of Information Security
Stevenson University
1525 Greenspring Valley Road
Stevenson, MD, 21153-0641
jbole () stevenson edu | O: 443-334-2696



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Husson University

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