GHC IT has received information from the University System of Georgia Cybersecurity office and one of their strategic technology partners about an ongoing series of phishing attacks occurring against colleges and universities in the United States. It is believed that these attacks are sponsored by the Iranian government. This type of state-sponsored cybercrime has occurred previously.

As always, exercise caution when clicking on links embedded in email and never use your employee account credentials to sign in to a website from a link in an unsolicited email message, even if the site appears to be legitimate.