Student Tribune
Is your userID or password compromised?
There have recently been several massive email address and password dumps
from hacked websites and apps. Go to the website haveibeenpwned to search for
yours.
If you find your password has been compromised, then change it
immediately. Cyber criminals know these passwords have been
used, and they will start with these known passwords when attempting to hack
into accounts.
Do not use your MCC email address to sign up for personal accounts, and
NEVER re-use your MCC password for any other account.
Every day we hear of more online services that are hacked. Recently
MyHeritage (a genealogy service), Dubsmash (video sharing) and MyFitnessPal (a
fitness tracking service) have been compromised. Reset your passwords for those
services immediately. If you use the same password for these
services anywhere else, including your Monroe Community College account, you
should reset the passwords for those other services as well.
To protect your personal accounts and your MCC accounts:
- Don't use your college email address to sign up for personal accounts
- If you do use it, use a different password
- Use unique passwords everywhere (and use the good password managers)
Wirley, Eileen
Technology Services - AVP Office
02/28/2019