Caution: Library-Related Phishing Attack

Some faculty, students, and staff received the following email during the last few days:

Dear User,

Your library account has expired, therefore you must reactivate it immediately or it will be closed automatically. If you intend to use this service in the future, you must take action at once!
To reactivate your account, simply visit the following page and login with your library account.

Login Page:

http://www.lib.utk.edu/reactivation?service

Sincerely,

University of Tennessee
University Libraries
Email: library@utk.edu
Tel: (865) 974-4351

This message is a phishing attack and is not from the UT Libraries. Library accounts are linked with users’ NetIDs and passwords. They are reset through OIT’s password services. If you receive the above message, UT Libraries strongly encourages it be reported to OIT at abuse@utk.edu. Users that accidentally provided information to the fishing attack are encouraged to change their passwords and report any problems to OIT.