The Harvard University has issued a cyber alert on Friday (03 April) due to an “active and specific cybersecurity threat” involving individuals impersonating Harvard IT staff to gain access to University accounts and data.

• The University has asked its community to be on high alert for unsolicited communications claiming to come from “Harvard IT” asking you to initiate a live voice call and / or directing you to fake Harvard websites not ending in “.edu”.
• It has advised to not log in, install software, or execute commands on your computer or device as part of such a call.