Oxford University blocks Google Docs because of phishing attacks.. for 2.5 hours

An article on  phishing in google doc’s from Naked security:  Earlier this week it was being widely reported that Oxford University had taken the drastic step of completely blocking Google Docs, after it had seen a dramatic increase in the number of phishing attacks exploiting the service, targeting staff and students.

What wasn’t so widely reported was that the University’s block was short-lived. As Robin Stevens of Oxford University Computing Services explained in a blog post – docs.google.com was only blocked for 2.5 hours:

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