Hi all, so today I got what was initially a pretty scary email from what purported to be a legit organization...Read on.. for today's Foil the Hacker Extravaganza!
Scary, right? So I did a quick search and yep this is a legit if sort of smarmy legal firm in the UK that goes after license infringers.
But its a phishing attempt. How do I. know?
I found this wonderful blog article on these guys, which helped. And in the UK there is a law, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 that requires the following for any claim to be held up in court:
Also the IP address is tied to a bunch of known scam and spammers
You can do an IP lookup to determine that. Just type into your search engine: WHOIS <IP address>
I did reply to them via our contact form here at Savvy asking for details. I will update you if they respond!
Stay safe out there!
Leslie
Scary, right? So I did a quick search and yep this is a legit if sort of smarmy legal firm in the UK that goes after license infringers.
But its a phishing attempt. How do I. know?
I found this wonderful blog article on these guys, which helped. And in the UK there is a law, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 that requires the following for any claim to be held up in court:
- Identified the copyright holder (your client).
- Established your authorisation to act on their behalf.
- Identified infringing content.
- Requested removal of offending items.
- Cited the law(s) in question.
- Possibly, you would site loss of earnings in exact amounts
Also the IP address is tied to a bunch of known scam and spammers
You can do an IP lookup to determine that. Just type into your search engine: WHOIS <IP address>
I did reply to them via our contact form here at Savvy asking for details. I will update you if they respond!
Stay safe out there!
Leslie
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