Phishing scams can be recognized by paying close attention to the available details in the email or text message. The act of trying to gain access to one’s personal and vulnerable information by sending emails pretending to be someone else is commonly referred to as phishing. The UCOP believes that the party responsible for the data breach is primarily attacking by sending threatening emails to individuals associated with the approximately 300 targeted organizations. The UCOP also recommends placing identity fraud alerts with a credit bureau. a spouse, significant other, adult child, minor child, or parent). But, the theoretical risk that something could happen to Experian doesn’t - it doesn’t balance well with the actual and immediate value of signing up for the service.”įurther, Corn urged the UC community to sign up their familial relations with whom they are financially entangled (e.g. As we all know, no system is perfectly safe. “ It’s a good reason to stop and ask yourself, ‘What are they doing with this data?’ The reason they are asking for this personal information here is so they can verify that you are who you say you are.
“I would say that the majority of the questions that we received so far have been, ‘Holy smokes, you told me there has been a data breach and I am going someplace and giving them my sensitive data,’” Corn said. Other than alerts about one’s email address, it is imperative to pay close attention to every security alert that Experian may send your way. Corn emphasized that the relative danger here is low in comparison to other information becoming available on the dark web. The availability of email addresses on the dark web is typically what leads to spam emails filling up one’s inbox. Questions regarding the data breach that were unable to be answered by Corn and Kellen were forwarded to the UCOP for further evaluation.Ĭorn explained that most email addresses already exist on the dark web in this day and age. The workshop, which was hosted by UC San Diego’s Chief Information Security Officer Michael Corn and Chief Information Officer Vince Kellen, centered around walking UC community members through the process of registering for Experian and answering participants’ questions. To further assist members of the UC community in safeguarding their data and information, the UCOP hosted a virtual workshop on April 8 centered around Identity Theft Protection. By combing through the dark web to cross-examine personal information provided by users, the platform offers identity protection, credit monitoring, identity restoration, and theft insurance, among other things. In an attempt to help affected UC community members protect their identity and information, the University of California provided a complimentary one-year subscription to Experian IdentityWorksSM. The attackers are threatening to publish, or have published, stolen information on the dark web in an attempt to extort organizations and individuals.” “At this time, we believe the stolen information includes but is not limited to names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and bank account information. Drake, the UC president, wrote in the email. “The perpetrators gained access to files and confidential personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in Accellion’s program,” Michael V. Approximately 300 organizations were targeted in this cyber attack on Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance, which is a platform designed for sharing and transferring sensitive files. The University of California Office of the President sent out a UC-wide email to students, staff, and academics on April 2 to inform the community of a nationwide cyberattack that has compromised their personal information.
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