Interesting voting registration text message scam(?) going around

[thewayne]

It's kind of hard to say exactly what this is. The text message says “We have you in our records as not registered to vote,” the unbidden SMS advised. “Check your registration status & register in 2 minutes.”, except if you type in the domain name directly, you get a domain control panel login, not a live web site. And they're rather indiscriminate about whom they're blasting these to, including a 15 y/o Canadian boy who apparently has an American cell phone.

To register to vote or to update your voter registration, visit vote.gov and select your state or region.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/when-get-out-the-vote-efforts-look-like-phishing/

Comments

[silveradept]

Unfortunately, that's the consequences of an awful lot of legitimate communications starting to mimic the look and feel of phishing and spam communication. Perhaps this trend is something we can properly blame upon the adoption and continued use of LLMs in modes that they should not be used in.