On Sept. 20, students and employees were alerted via an email from Steve Earle, chief information officer of the Information Technology (IT) department, that they might have been targets of a wave of phishing attacks.
The email warned students about the phishing attack that appeared as an email seemingly advertising job openings at Biola. This attack was known as a “check fraud scheme.”
“Recipients who responded to the job offer were asked to deposit a check provided to them by the ‘attacker’ and later asked to wire personal funds. While the check appeared to be accepted initially, it ultimately bounced and depositors were held responsible for repaying the bank,” Earle explained in the email…