MSU police are investigating the attempted theft of ?two student employees’ paychecks through the hacking of their direct deposit accounts.
According to a crime and safety alert sent to students Sunday afternoon, the employees told MSU police officers they received emails on Friday confirming changes to their direct deposit settings on the EBS payroll system.
The perpetrator allegedly used a phishing technique to obtain the students’ MSU IDs and student account passwords to make valid changes.
The incident is not believed to be a system-wide attack at this time.
As a precaution, the EBS system was taken offline Friday afternoon and likely will be back online 7 a.m. Monday.
Anyone who believes their bank account information has been compromised as well is encouraged to contact the MSU Police Department at 517-355-2222.
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