T Systems and Services would like to inform the campus community of a new initiative to address potentially leaked credentials for UPEI email and network accounts.
ITSS now subscribes to a service which will notify us of known credential leaks and if any @upei.ca email addresses were included. These leaked credentials are a result of data breaches from third party sites & services, not affiliated with UPEI, but where an individual has used their UPEI email address to create an account with this site or service.
In response to these notices, ITSS will contact you if your @upei.ca email address was used to create an account for a third party site or service which is known to have had a credential leak. 
How do I tell the difference between this email and other, illegitimate, notices that could be a phishing attempt?

These emails will only come from the email address helpdesk@upei.ca
These emails will never ask you to provide any information back to ITSS or any other party. 
These emails will never include any links to click, or attachments to open or download.
These emails will include a paragraph informing you that your @upei.ca email address was found on a list of leaked credentials.
The only action asked of you will be to reset your UPEI network account password via the MyUPEI page (instructions only, there will not be a link to this page).
These emails will not ask you to respond with any information to keep your account active. The only action is to reset your password via the MyUPEI page.
UPEI ITSS will NEVER send unsolicited requests for passwords or other personal information via email. Messages requesting such information are fraudulent and should be deleted.