by Matt Wilson, Rice News
April 15, 2019
New procedures are response to rise in attempts to steal university employees’ credentials
Rice University is enhancing online security by implementing changes to its My NetID portal.
The new procedures are a response to a rise in attempts to steal online usernames and passwords of employees at universities. In recent attacks at Oberlin College, Grinnell College and Hamilton College, attackers exploited flaws in the password-recovery process and downloaded private admissions data.
While Rice’s password-recovery process does not have the same flaws and is not susceptible to the same type of attack, the incidents illustrate that attackers are targeting online credentials and the tools that manage them at higher education institutions.