City of Antwerp is believed to have been hit by a hack. The city’s support email address allegedly sent out fake phishing emails about blocked MetaMask wallets.
The support e-mail address of the city of Antwerp is allegedly sending out phishing e-mails. This was noticed Tuesday by Frank Louwers and shared on X. The e-mail stated that a MetaMask wallet would be blocked. According to a City of Antwerp spokesperson to Data News, the hacking problem would lie with an external partner. That is a possible slant, but the e-mail address is indeed the domain of the City of Antwerp.
Own address
One or more official e-mail addresses of city of Antwerp were allegedly hacked and misused for phishing. Frank Louwers shared on X a fake e-mail he received from the city. A city spokesman told Data News that this was not an official e-mail address, but it appears to be. In fact, Louwers’ example reads “support@antwerpen.be.
Phishing emails from the government are a common way to trap users. Usually, minor changes are made to the sender’s email address, so the recipient does not immediately see if it is an official address.
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City of Antwerp sends phishing emails with own email address
In the case of City of Antwerp, it is indeed the official e-mail address of the city. This suggests that one or more email addresses might have been hacked. The phishing email from City of Antwerp is about a (false) notification of a blocked MetaMask wallet.
City of Antwerp has been the target of cyber attacks before. In 2022, the city was hit by an immense cyberattack in which several systems were down for a long time.