{"id":21853,"date":"2025-05-08T11:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mautic.org\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:46:27","slug":"mautic-targeted-in-spam-campaign-aimed-at-damaging-its-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mautic.org\/blog\/mautic-targeted-in-spam-campaign-aimed-at-damaging-its-reputation","title":{"rendered":"Mautic targeted in email spam campaign aimed at damaging its reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mautic is currently the target of a large email spam campaign designed to undermine its reputation<\/strong>. A number of individuals, particularly Yahoo Mail users<\/strong>, have reported receiving large volumes of emails that closely resemble our official communications – but which originate from suspicious, unauthorized domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These emails are not<\/strong> sent by Mautic, nor by any service officially affiliated with us. They imitate our templates<\/strong>, use Mautic\u2019s name as the sender<\/strong>, and spoof our reply-to address to appear legitimate, with the clear intent of misleading recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re actively investigating the situation and working with relevant parties to shut down the sources of these emails. In the meantime, we’re asking for your help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you can do to help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve received these emails, there are a couple of ways you can help stop the attack and reduce further impact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Report the Malicious Domains<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Filing a report with GoDaddy<\/a> (the domain registrar) and Akamai<\/a> (where the emails are being sent) can help disable the domains sending these fake emails. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n