KEGS has, over the past day or two, been the subject of a phishing attack.  This attack is not very sophisticated, and starts with an email arriving that says “Message clipped” with a link to “Open complete message”.

This then opens a web page, asking you to log on, which is not the KEGS log in system and does not look like the correct login page for your KEGS email account.

Do not enter your password into this site. If you have entered your password into this site, your account will have been compromised and you must change your password at the earliest possible opportunity.

To change your password, you can either log on to any computer on the school premises or visit https://logon.kegs.org.uk/adfs/portal/updatepassword/

While we do not believe any personal information to have been compromised at this point in time, we are constantly maintaining a state of alert and will continue to monitor for any suspicious activity across the network.

Do not ever enter your KEGS IT username/email address and password into any site that is not secure, and does not end with “kegs.org.uk”.  If you are in any doubt if the site is genuine, stop, and contact a member of staff from the IT department for further assistance.

Our IT team are working behind the scenes to clean up accounts that have been compromised (this primarily appears to be Year 12 and 13).  If you suddenly find you are no longer able to log on, then your account will have been disabled under investigation.  We will ensure staff are available during results days for those affected to recover their accounts.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused if your account is affected by our clean up exercise, however, the safety and security of the school’s IT systems is our priority.