{"id":112661,"date":"2022-10-07T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=112661"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:22:19","slug":"be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever receive a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, scammers already have your password and are spamming your MFA. But don&#8217;t panic. Instead, follow a few tips below from UWM IT.<\/p>\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/passwordreset.microsoftonline.com\/\">change your password<\/a>. When logging in to reset your password, it\u2019s important that you don\u2019t accidentally approve one of the scammer\u2019s MFA requests. Therefore, when you\u2019re authenticating, use your backup MFA method (preferably a phone call, text or six-digit code). If you&#8217;re not sure how to reset your password, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kb.uwm.edu\/42105\">this KnowledgeBase article<\/a>\u00a0to learn about the Self-Service Password Recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve created a new, difficult-to-guess password, find the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mysignins.microsoft.com\/security-info\">Lost Device? Sign out everywhere<\/a>\u201d option in your Microsoft account. This will ensure that the scammer who had your old password will be signed out of your account on their device.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112662 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image.png 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It can be difficult to spot phishing scams. If you receive unsolicited messages on any platform, always be cautious. For UWM emails, if you\u2019re ever unsure about a message, forward it to <a href=\"mailto:abuse@uwm.edu\">abuse@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/technology\/cybersecurity\/\">UWM&#8217;s cybersecurity webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don&#8217;t panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[187,336],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-112661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff-announcements","category-student-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Be alert for authentication requests by scammers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;ve received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don&#039;t panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#039;ve received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don&#039;t panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UWM News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UWM News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UWM News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d72440401ec36965989bb00390105686\"},\"headline\":\"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Faculty\/Staff Announcements\",\"Student Announcements\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\",\"name\":\"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"If you've received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don't panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image.png\",\"width\":1127,\"height\":606},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"UWM REPORT\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d72440401ec36965989bb00390105686\",\"name\":\"UWM News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/uwmnewsuwm-edu\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers","description":"If you've received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don't panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers","og_description":"If you've received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don't panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/","og_site_name":"UWM REPORT","article_published_time":"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"UWM News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UWMNews","twitter_site":"@UWMNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UWM News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/"},"author":{"name":"UWM News","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d72440401ec36965989bb00390105686"},"headline":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers","datePublished":"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/"},"wordCount":195,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png","articleSection":["Faculty\/Staff Announcements","Student Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/","name":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image-300x161.png","datePublished":"2022-10-07T19:22:19+00:00","description":"If you've received a series of unfamiliar multi-factor authentication (MFA) requests, chances are scammers already have your password. But don't panic \u2014 UWM IT can help.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/10\/Security-Info-Sign-Out-Image.png","width":1127,"height":606},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/be-alert-for-authentication-requests-by-scammers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Be alert for authentication requests by scammers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","name":"UWM REPORT","description":"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d72440401ec36965989bb00390105686","name":"UWM News","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/uwmnewsuwm-edu\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 03:23:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112679,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112661\/revisions\/112679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112661"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=112661"},{"taxonomy":"display_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_categories?post=112661"},{"taxonomy":"related-coverage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-coverage?post=112661"},{"taxonomy":"uwmnews-feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwmnews-feed?post=112661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}