Gale security incident and what it means for 捆绑SM社区 Library users
Gale/Cengage, a publisher of several databases to which the 捆绑SM社区 Library subscribes, including the听听and听Gale Primary Sources, recently听听of their systems. According to their web site, 鈥渢here is no indication that any of the information exposed in this incident has been used inappropriately as the sites only collected names and email addresses. There is no evidence that other information was impacted.鈥�
When using any Gale product from the 捆绑SM社区 Library鈥檚 web site, no personal information is transmitted to Gale. This publisher would only have a 捆绑SM社区 user鈥檚 name and email address if that user proactively听provided that听information to Gale, for example, when creating an account on the Gale site to save search results or other work in one of their databases for later access.听
捆绑SM社区 users may be affected by this breach, but it should be limited to users who actively provided their name and email through a Gale product, and only the name and email provided (which might or might not be a 捆绑SM社区 address) would have been exposed if the user was affected.听Users whose names and email addresses were exposed are receiving individual emails听directly from Gale听with the subject line 鈥淣otification Regarding Gale Security Incident.鈥澨�
There are听a number of听steps you can take to protect your personal information online:
- Set up strong passwords unique to each account following these guidelines:听听听听
- Add additional protection to your 捆绑SM社区 account by enabling two-factor authentication:听/2fa/听听听
- Take advantage of 捆绑SM社区's free cybersecurity training:听/it/channels/news/cybersecurity-sitcom听
If you have any concerns or questions about this, please don't hesitate to contact web.library [at] mcgill.ca
