Darn those Phishers…
In early January, our firm was the victim of a phishing attack, but not quite in the way you might be thinking. We were impersonated in an attempt to add credibility to the phisher’s scheme. Using several legitimate law firms as the sending address, these attackers sent messages to a seemingly random list of recipients: clients, adverse parties, grandparents, students, you name it. The messages were catchy and followed a legal theme “Judicial Summons No7889”, “Notice to appear in court NR#9530”, “Forclosure Notice”, etc.
These messages were obviously not from Perkins Coie, but rather from phishers, scammers that use email ...