[Editors] Fwd: Are you in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?

[Monique Yeaton]

I am on the IT Security team in IS&T. This looks very fishy to me.  
I'll run it by my security analysts.

Thanks,

Monique

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Monique Yeaton
IT Security Awareness Consultant
MIT Information Services & Technology (IS&T)
(617) 253-2715
http://ist.mit.edu/security






On Mar 26, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Violeta Ivanova wrote:

> Bill et al.,
>
> I would forward this to IS&T for security check. It seems very fishy  
> to me. I would not follow any of the links in the original email.
>
> A domain name such as academia.edu must cost an arm and a leg. If  
> this is "legit", they must pay post-docs really well in Oxford. :)
>
> Happy Friday!
>
> Violeta
>
> __
>
> Violeta M. Ivanova Ph.D.
> http://web.mit.edu/violeta/www
>
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Bill Litant wrote:
>
>> Dear all:
>> An AeroAstro faculty member received this, forwarded it to me, and  
>> asked if it is "legit." From my examination, while it appears to be  
>> in its nascent stages, it looks like the developer put some serious  
>> time and thought into the site. While it's too early to tell if  
>> there will be any value to the site, I can't think of any reason  
>> not to tell him to avoid placing his name on it. Have any of you  
>> had any contact with this person or know anything else about the  
>> site?
>>
>> Best,
>> B ill
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Are you in the MIT
>>> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department?
>>> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
>>> From: Richard Price <richard.price at academia.edu>
>>>
>>> I am post-doc in philosophy at Oxford. I am
>>> also the founder of Academia.edu, which is a
>>> global directory of academics, showing who is
>>> working at what departments.
>>>
>>> We are trying to fill out the directory, and
>>> already Stephen Hawking, Paul Krugman, Noam
>>> Chomsky and Richard Dawkins have signed up.
>>> We checked your department directory and we
>>> think you fit into the directory in the MIT
>>> Aeronautics/Astronautics Department, but we
>>> aren't sure. Your status is currently listed
>>> as 'Unknown'. Could you confirm that you are
>>> a member of this department by following one
>>> of the links below?
>>>
>>> Yes, I am in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics
>>> Department:
>>> http://mit.academia.edu/Yes-Jonathan-P-How-is-a-member-of-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
>>>
>>> No, the department directory is incorrect, I
>>> am not in the MIT Aeronautics/Astronautics
>>> Department:
>>> http://mit.academia.edu/Remove-Jonathan-P-How-from-MIT-Aeronautics-Astronautics
>>>
>>> There are currently 4 other members who have
>>> confirmed their membership of MIT Aeronautics
>>> Astronautics: Javier Garcia, Buy Lortab,
>>> Jorge Cañizales and Kiril Sakaliyski.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Richard
>>> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>>>
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