‘Tis the season. I just received a notification that Pure Michigan’s account was compromised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
December 20, 2019<\/strong><\/p>
As most of you are aware, Wednesday, December 18th an email was sent out\u00a0appearing<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to be from\u00a0Pure Michigan \/ Michigan Festivals and Events\u00a0<\/strong>regarding updating your membership information. Unfortunately our account with Constant Contact was compromised. Constant Contact recognized that it was a faux email, and quickly disabled the provided links so others were not at risk. We have taken the necessary measures to secure the account again.<\/p>
While we are needing your updated information, please contact our office directly for forms.<\/p>
Please accept our apology in this error.<\/p>
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays<\/p>Mike Szukhent
Michigan Festivals and Events Association
President, CEO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThis follows on the heels of the news that 2019 brought us at least 948 reported attacks<\/a>. Oh, and 1,500 Ring passwords<\/a> have been discovered to be available via the dark web (in other words, there are 1,500 known user name and password combinations from Ring available to the bad guys). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This follows the news that MysteryScience had a data breach. A couple of our users reached out to me when they received an email stating that MysterScience had been breached and telling them to reset their password. I reached out to MysteryScience to confirm that there was a breach. I also reminded people to NOT follow the link in the email. Instead, always go to the site by typing in the URL yourself<\/strong>. This way, if the email is legitimate, you’ll be prompted to change your password. If the email was a phishing attack, you haven’t fallen for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
MysteryScience did finally get back to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So sorry for any confusion! I\u2019m glad you\u2019re careful and double-checking. Yes, there was indeed a data breach. If you\u2019d like more information, you can look at this FAQ directly on our website:\u00a0https:\/\/mysteryscience.com\/docs\/security-update-dec-2019<\/a><\/p>
You can reset your password from the link in the email we sent out to all users affected by this breach. Alternatively, you can go directly to our website at\u00a0www.mysteryscience.com<\/a>, and it will prompt you to reset your password there.<\/p>
I hope this clarifies–and I\u2019m sure glad you reached out to confirm!<\/p>MysteryScience<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n