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If you received an ‘action required’ email from a Delaware nonprofit, it might be a virus

Some area nonprofits have been hacked, reports the Delaware Business Times, causing urgent-looking emails to be sent to their contacts.

Be careful what you open. (Photo by Flickr user Hamza Butt, used under a Creative Commons license)

An email virus has hit several Delaware nonprofits, according to the Delaware Business Times.

 
The email subject line reads: Subject: RE: Action Required: Completed: (name of the sender) Foundation ®#.
It includes a Dropbox link. The Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, some of whose emails were hacked, is warning members not to open the email.

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The virus sends a mass email to everyone on the organization’s contact list. If you have a nonprofit email, you should probably scan your system and change your email password.

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