From: EDUCAUSE [mailto:educause(at)educause.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:02
To: max.mustermann@tum.de
Subject: Important security message about your EDUCAUSE website profile
Dear Max,
We are writing to inform you of a security breach involving an EDUCAUSE server that may have compromised your EDUCAUSE website profile password. Based on our investigation to date, we do not believe that the breach included access to credit card data, financial accounts, or other sensitive information.
EDUCAUSE took immediate steps to contain this breach and we are working with Federal law enforcement, investigators, and security experts to make sure this incident is properly addressed. Additional security measures have been implemented to help prevent any future occurrences.
As a precaution, we have deactivated all EDUCAUSE website profile passwords. We request that you create a new password.
Please do not use your old password. You should create a new password that is 8 or more characters and is made up of a combination of:
- at least one uppercase letter,
- at least one lowercase letter,
- at least one digit, and
- at least one special character.
Please note that the password reset page may be slow to respond as many individuals try to access this page at once. Your old password has already been deactivated; therefore, it does not need to be changed immediately. We expect traffic to the page to decrease later today and tomorrow.
It is not necessary for InCommon account holders to update their institutional credentials because EDUCAUSE does not have access to, or store on any server, InCommon account information.
Please check the address in your browser before entering your password to be sure that you are on the EDUCAUSE website (http://www.educause.edu).
For more information about this incident, please visit the web page about this breach or contact EDUCAUSE Member Services at +1-303-449-4430.
Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to minimize the effects of the breach.
Sincerely,
EDUCAUSE
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