Students fall victim to anonymous ‘blitzjacks'
By Campbell Sechrest | October 31, 2010Correction Appended Students across campus received an e-mail Thursday night apparently from their own BlitzMail accounts purporting to be a "blitzjack" and directing them to a website labeled "Bored at Berry." The source of the e-mails, which appears to also be behind an e-mail sent out to campus Sunday that seems to be sent from College President Jim Yong Kim's account, remains unclear as of Sunday night. Although students have long sent messages from logged-on BlitzMail accounts not belonging to them a practice referred to as "blitzjacking" the e-mails sent Thursday and Sunday are the first to be sent to such a large group in recent memory. The first e-mail, sent out late Thursday evening, had the subject line "blitzjack?" and appeared to be sent by the recipient of each e-mail.
