Recently a number of members of the University community received a phishing email which requested personal details as well as their University user name and password, leaving those who responded exposed to identity theft. As a precautionary measure Computing Services have contacted those affected and requested the password on their University computer account is changed.
Please check your University / Personal email and if you have received this email please follow the guidance within to change your password.
Accounts which have not had their passwords changed by 31st May 2016 will automatically have their passwords scrambled.
If you have any queries or experience difficulty changing your password please visit the Computing Services Service Desk on Level 2 of the library.
Please note when you change your password you will need to update any devices you have set to autmatically download email or connect to Eduroam.
Top Tips for Internet Security
- The University will not ask you for your bank account details in an email.
- Don’t click through from links contained in an email, ensure you copy and paste the link into your web browser
- The University will only ask you to enter your user name, password and personal information into secure web pages hosted on the .bath.ac.uk domain
- Does the From: addresses match the organisation represented, e.g. appear to be from another university but claim to be the University of Bath
- When you hover over a link does it match the displayed organisation
Further information and guidance can be found on our malicious emails web page.
