On January 24, 2024, our IT team identified and stopped an illegal intrusion into the Life Sciences Division IT environment. We believe our actions isolated the unauthorized access to the targeted area, which is 1.19% of the campus community. We have engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist in our response and notified the FBI. With their assistance, we are conducting a thorough assessment of the incident, including determining the extent of the impact to servers and data.
Recent Security News Articles
The UCLA Information Security Office is aware of a phishing campaign attempting to coerce recipients into entering their credentials onto a fake UCLA 2FA credentials webpage. This is not a legitimate e-mail and recipients should not provide any information or click any links associated with the phishing e-mail.
The UCLA Information Security Office is aware of a phishing campaign attempting to coerce recipients into receiving a piano. This is not a legitimate e-mail and recipients should not provide any information or reply back to the sender.
These phishing e-mails may include messages the below:
From: <ad_anwar@optonline[.]net>
Subject: --- Piano Gift You will Love To Have ---
UCLA Information Security Office is aware of UCLA students being targeted by fake job/internship scams. Be mindful of phishing emails that may be disguised as a job opportunity.
The UCLA Information Security Office is aware of a phishing campaign attempting to coerce recipients into entering their credentials onto a fake UCPath webpage.
As we ramp up for another academic year, it is a great time to be reminded that cybercriminals are all around us and ongoing cybersecurity awareness training is important to help us sharpen skills and protect against data breaches, phishing and other malicious attacks, and other cyber threats.
We would like to inform you about a new phishing campaign that targets Microsoft 365 users requesting them to change their password due to account expiration.
Fraudulent Employee Direct Deposit Information Urgent Update Requests
Impersonation of a leader within the UCLA organization requesting they review a fake Google Doc evaluation.