Sasktel.net email has recently been the subject of a large phishing attack.
Phishing is the act of sending an email and falsely claiming that it is from a legitimate business. The message, often directing you to a website that looks like that business’s legitimate website, will ask for your personal information (passwords, credit card information, social insurance, or bank account numbers). However, the true intent is to gather personal information with the intent to fraudulently use this information. Due to the nature of the Internet, scams, viruses and other such activity are very difficult to stop and will continue to be a reality for all email users, whoever their service provider may be.
SaskTel will be proactively resetting the password for impacted email accounts to secure the email account of customers impacted by this phishing attack. At this time, we estimate roughly 1,000 customers are impacted. A customer’s email account will suddenly stop working as a result of the password reset and we recommend customers try the ‘Forgot password?’ link at www.sasktel.net to reset their password. More detail can be found at sasktel.com/support.
SaskTel continues to urge customers to practice secure password management as there has been an increase in phishing scams, including attempted attacks on sasktel.net accounts. To change your email password, please go to http://support.sasktel.com/
Other good practices when using email are:
• NEVER give out any personal information
• Do not reply to suspicious messages
• Do not visit any websites suspicious messages link to
• Delete any suspicious email immediately
As well, if you do receive a phishing email, you may report it to [email protected].
