Northwestern Polytechnic University attacked by overseas e-mail

Official Weibo of Beilin Branch of Xi'an Public Security Bureau, Shaanxi Province 6 month 23 Daily report , The e-mail system of Northwestern Polytechnic University has been attacked by overseas networks , Preliminary judgment , This incident is a network attack launched by overseas hacker organizations and lawbreakers .

2022 year 4 month 12 Japan , The Taibai Road police station of Beilin Branch of Xi'an Public Security Bureau received an alarm from the information construction and Management Office of Northwestern Polytechnic University , The school's e-mail system found a batch of scientific research review 、 Phishing emails themed with invitation to reply and notice to go abroad , Contains Trojan horse programs , Entice some teachers and students to click on the link , Illegal access to e-mail login permission of teachers and students , This leads to the risk that relevant mail data will be stolen , meanwhile , Some faculty members have also found traces of cyber attacks on their personal computers .

The network attack poses a major security threat to the information system in Northwestern Polytechnic University and the important data of teachers and students .

Northwest Polytechnic University 6 month 22 A public statement issued on the th said , Recently, the learning e-mail system has been attacked by the Internet , Have a negative impact on the normal teaching life of the school . The school attaches great importance to network security , Regularly carry out network security publicity and education , Phishing emails from overseas have not caused important data leakage yet , No major network security incidents have been triggered yet .

Northwestern Polytechnic University is a famous university in China 211、985 Military Academy , It has great influence and strength in the field of science and Engineering in China , In our country “ Sanhang ”（ aviation 、 space flight 、 Sailing ） In the field , Northwestern Polytechnic University plays an important role , It has trained many top talents for China's industrial technology .

Actually , Foreign hackers have been around China's key institutions for a long time , Mainly for government agencies 、 Attack in the field of scientific research and education . Scientific research and education institutions 、 Government departments have become the hardest hit areas of cyber attacks . China is the second largest economy in the world ,“ Fujian No ” The improvement of comprehensive national strength such as aircraft carrier service , This will also lead to many cyber attack threats and challenges from overseas .

2019 year 7 month , One APT Organize to counterfeit the email login interface of a key unit in the military industry field in China , Built a fishing attack platform . They falsely used “ System administrator ” Send phishing attack email to multiple personnel of the unit as . Wang, an employee of the unit, clicked on the phishing attack email , You have entered your personal email account and login password , As a result, his e-mail address was secretly controlled . after , This APT The organization uses this mailbox , Layer upon layer attack , As a result, the work computers of more than ten people were controlled , Hundreds of sensitive documents were stolen .

E-mail has become the main attack medium . Security Department investigation shows that ,91% The cause of data leakage in large enterprises is mail attack , And the threat is from 4 Year of 72% Has risen to 83%, This trend has never changed .

How to use email safely ？

1、 E-mail users , Open unknown mail carefully , Don't click on email attachments and website links of unknown origin , Because such an operation may cause malware to start .

2、 Set up a strong password

The password is the key to open the data vault , If the security level is too low or is leaked , Data is very easy to steal . therefore , Mailbox or important login permission should be set with a unique and complex high-strength password .

3、 Use anti spam filtering system

Use anti spam system , It can help enterprises filter most malicious emails .

4、 Encrypt all data

Encrypt all data , Including storage 、 Backup 、 Transmitted email data .