Harvard University IT security personnel discovered an intrusion on their
network. As a precaution they are requiring users to change their passwords.
HMDC systems were *not* attacked and no intrusion of our systems has been
detected. However, in following best practice in an intrusion event we are
requiring RCE users to also change their passwords. Some of you may have
recently changed passwords, and we apologize for any inconvenience, but the
security of your data and credentials is of the upmost importance to us. To
change your password please follow this link to our Account Self-Service page:
https://help.hmdc.harvard.edu/account_manager/?action=logout
Login with your current RCE credentials. When the HMDC RCE Information page
appears, scroll all the way down to the bottom to the "Change HMDC Account
Password" section. Please follow the instructions on password requirements.
Save your changes and logout. If you see an error, please try to login to the
Account Self-Service again with your *new* password. If that fails, or you are
having other issues, please email us at rce_services@help.hmdc.harvard.edu and
someone will assist you.
If you want further information about the intrusion you can find it at the
Harvard Information Security website here:
http://security.harvard.edu/cyber-alert
July 2, 2015