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University of Illinois Blacklisted After Student Accounts Are Spoofed
- TechWorld, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:08 AM
The University of Illinois' email domain has been blacklisted after scammers compromised the email addresses of dozens of students and staff of the university. At least 36 email addresses were spoofed after a spammer gained access to them. Scammers gained access by sending spam messages that encouraged users to share their account details on a malicious site. Email spam attacks against universities have been on the rise in the past two months.
