Google RICO Suit Against Phishing Scammers Using Lighthouse Has Nov 25 Hearing in SDNY

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SDNY COURTHOUSE , Nov 22 – Scammers using the phishing software kit "Lighthouse" have been sued, as Does 1-12, by Google. The case is before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who will hold a November 25 hearing. Inner City Press intends to live- it, on Bluesky if still blocked from its X account (after phishing on which X has yet to act).

Google's complaint begins, "The scam begins with a text message. It may alert you to a problem with the delivery of a package and invite you to click a link to correct your address."

[In the case with X, InnerCityPress received an email saying it was accused by X of a copyright violation, to appeal which it had to enter its password. X was immediately informed on November 17 but more than five days later, X has yet to return the account.]

The complaint continues that "disrupting the Lighthouse Enterprise will require persistence because the Enterprise can execute new phishing schemes with little effort, thanks to the Lighthouse software and coordination on the Lighthouse discussion forums."

The case is

The case is Google LLC v. Does 1-25, 1:25-cv-9421 (Kaplan)

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