ANU staff receive spam email falsely claiming positive COVID-19 cases on campus

Staff at the Australian National University (ANU) have been issued a warning after many of them received a scam email that incorrectly claimed new COVID-19 cases had been recorded at the Canberra campus.

Multiple members of departments at the university reported receiving the email, which included a link the reader was advised to follow.

The email was given the subject line “New positive positive COVID-19 cases among staffs” and was sent to faculty, including physics professor Jodie Bradbury.

“Just arrived in my email (Obviously I didn’t click!)”

Professor Bradby also…