The MSU Police Department is investigating an attempted theft of employee direct deposit payroll earnings.
On Oct. 18, two employees reported receiving email confirmation of a change in their direct deposit designation.
Police said valid credentials were used by a perpetrator to modify the employees’ banking information on the EBS payroll system. It is believed the perpetrator gained access to the credentials through a sophisticated phishing attack.
There is no indication of a system-wide security breach or exposure of other employee data. As a precaution, the EBS systems were taken offline the afternoon of Oct. 18.
MSU Police are asking anyone who suspects that their banking information has been comprised to call (517) 355-2222.
Questions related to phishing or MSU NetIDs may be directed to the IT Services Support Desk at (517) 432-6200.
MSU will never send emails requesting your NetID and password combination.
MSU SecureIT encourages the MSU community to never respond to an email requesting personal information, use a different password for each online account, change passwords frequently and never share passwords with others.