Outage in HUIT
Scam SMS phishing attempt re: Harvard Office 365 account
Resolved Minor
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Outage Details
HUIT has received reports of members of the Harvard community receiving a scam SMS from an 833-area code number with the message: “HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Your Office 365 account now requires passkey authentication. Reply with 1 to set this up.”
This message is a phishing attempt and not a legitimate communication from Harvard. If you receive this message, do not respond: please report it as junk and delete it.
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RESOLVED
5 months ago - at 01/27/2025 06:23PM
This incident has been resolved.
IDENTIFIED
5 months ago - at 01/25/2025 08:14PM
HUIT has received reports of members of the Harvard community receiving a scam SMS from an 833-area code number with the message: “HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Your Office 365 account now requires passkey authentication. Reply with 1 to set this up.”
This message is a phishing attempt and not a legitimate communication from Harvard. If you receive this message, do not respond: please report it as junk and delete it.
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