| Google RICO Suit Against
Phishing Scammers Using Lighthouse
Has Nov 25 Hearing in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
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-tweet 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
filed under RICO, the CFAA and
the Lanham Act. Google is
represented by King &
Spalding LLP. The Does not
surprisingly have not yet made
an appearance.
The case
is Google LLC v. Does 1-25,
1:25-cv-9421 (Kaplan)
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