Warning: phishing emails in circulation
Since Monday, December 13, 2021, large numbers of phishing emails are being sent to Leiden University’s employees and students. These emails contain a link to a fake ‘Leiden University’ login page in order to steal accounts and passwords.
How do you recognize this phishing email?
This phishing mail is sent from accounts that have been a victim of this or previous phishing mails. Hence, you cannot recognize the mail by the sender. You can recognize the email by the following details:
• The email signed with 'Best regards IT Helpdesk'.
• The salutation reads 'Hello' or 'Dear' without your name.
• Urgency is implied, for example through 'You have new important messages'.
• The link is incorrect. You can recognize university links by their top domain universiteitleiden.nl or leidenuniv.nl.
