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IT Security Incident Response

Report Security Problems

Report all threats to persons or property immediately by calling the MU Police Department at (573) 882-7201 or Emergency Services at 911.

Report Abusive E-Mail

Please send abusive or harassing e-mail to abuse@missouri.edu. You must include the Internet header information of the message. The Internet header contains valuable information that contains how the e-mail was sent and from what location. For example:

Received from alpha.somewhere.edu ([128.175.44.54]) by beta.elsewhere.com with SMTP id <11350(4)>; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:23:18 -1000.

Report Spam

Please visit junk e-mail, unsolicited commercial e-mail or spam. Also, to effectively report spam, you can e-mail the message including the Internet headers to spam@missouri.edu.

Report Network Abuse

Please report any viruses, network attacks, network or port scans, etc. to abuse@missouri.edu. Please include the following:
  • Description of the incident
  • Any logs that pertain to the incident
  • Time zone used for logs
  • IP address of suspected computer
  • Time and date of the incident
  • Details of any action already taken

Report Junk Faxes

Junk faxes may be collected and mailed to the Missouri Attorney General's office at:

Consumer Protection
Missouri Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court Building
207 W. High St.
P.O. Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Report Copyright Infringement

Report concerns of copyright infringement or other abuse of intellectual property per instructions at Rules and Resources for Online Intellectual Property.

Please visit the Division of IT's safe computing best practices for information about how to keep yourself and your computer safe on the Internet.

University of Missouri
Division of Information Technology
615 Locust Street, Columbia, MO 65211
(573)882-2000
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Revised July 29, 2008