{"id":9248,"date":"2025-08-01T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=9248"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:44:36","slug":"warning-phishing-campaign-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2025\/08\/01\/warning-phishing-campaign-detected\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Phishing campaign detected"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The developer community should be aware we\u2019ve detected a phishing campaign targeting AMO (addons.mozilla.org<\/a>) accounts. Add-on developers should exercise extreme caution and scrutiny when receiving emails claiming to be from Mozilla\/AMO. Phishing emails typically state some variation of the message \u201cYour Mozilla Add-ons account requires an update to continue accessing developer features.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to protect yourself and keep your AMO account secure, we strongly recommend that you:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Do not click any links in the email<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Verify the email was sent by a Mozilla-owned domain: firefox.com<\/b>, mozilla.com, <\/b>mozilla.org, <\/b>mozillafoundation.org <\/b>(or their subdomains).<\/li>\n
  3. Ensure that the email passes SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks (consult your email provider and\/or email client\u2019s support documentation for details).<\/li>\n
  4. Validate that links in the email point to firefox.com<\/b>, mozilla.com, <\/b>mozilla.org, <\/b>mozillafoundation.org <\/b>(or their subdomains) before opening them; even better, navigate directly to these domains rather than clicking a link via email.<\/li>\n
  5. Only enter your Mozilla username and password on Mozilla-owned domains.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For more information on how to detect and report phishing scams, please see these helpful guides from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission<\/a> and the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre<\/a>, or consult your local government.<\/p>\n

    If we uncover more details to share we\u2019ll update this post accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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