Over the long weekend, some MHC community members received several phishing messages that claimed to be President Holley / The President's Office requesting access to their Google Drive files for some sort of investigation. Once viewing the shared file, recipients are prompted to click on a link in the document. Presumably this link is attempting to compromise the recipient's MHC Account credentials. Anyone who clicked should reset their MHC Account password.
Phish 1: "Mount Holyoke College_Staff Petition Notice.docx"
From: Sophia Pesch (spesch040[@]mygfschools[.]org) via Google Drive Shares
Time: Jun 18, 2026, 9:26pm EDT
Email Content:
Sophia Pesch shared a document
Sophia Pesch (spesch040[@]mygfschools[.]org) has invited you to view the following document:
FWD; Danielle R. Holley sent a request to view file
Chief Executive Leader
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
Mount Holyoke College_Staff Petition Notice.docx [link removed]
Phish 2: "MHC_Important Payroll Updates.docx"
From: Layah Stoutamire (lstoutamire[@]owu[.]edu) via Google Drive shares
Time: Jun 21, 2026, 2:18pm EDT
Email Content:
Layah Stoutamire shared a document
Layah Stoutamire (lstoutamire[@]owu[.]edu) has invited you to view the following document:
FWD; Danielle R. Holley sent a request to view file
Chief Executive Leader
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075
MHC_Important Payroll Updates.docx [link removed]
