Notification of Server Breach Mistaken For Phishing Email

netbuzz writes "Educause members and 7,000 university websites are being forced to change account passwords after a security breach involving the organization's .edu domain server. However, some initially hesitated to comply because the Educause notification email bore tell-tale markings of a phishing attempt. 'Given what is known about phishing and user behavior, this was bad form,' says Gene Spafford, a Purdue University computer science professor and security expert. 'For an education-oriented organization to do this is particularly troubling.'"

Trivial

[Arancaytar]

Just ignore the links in the email, go to the website you know to be real, and change your password.

Re:Trivial

[ACalcutt]

The link to reset the password in the email went to educause-domain.informz.net that redirected to net.educause.edu. This particular email did seem a little suspicios