Brandon, MB––March 6, 2023: Accounting and tax software provider Intuit has notified customers of an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating the company and trying to lure victims with fake warnings that their accounts have been suspended.
Intuit's alert follows reports received from customers who were emailed and told that their Intuit accounts were disabled following a recent server security upgrade.
"We have temporarily disabled your account due to inactivity. It is compulsory that you restore your access within next 24 hours," the attackers say in the phishing messages, masquerading as the Intuit Maintenance Team. "This is a result of recent security upgrade on our server and database, to fight against vulnerability and account theft as we begin the new tax season."
The recipients are instructed to go to https://proconnect.intuit.com/Pro/Update immediately to restore access to their accounts.
Clicking the link will likely redirect them to an attacker-controlled phishing site designed to infect them with malware or harvest their financial or personal information.
Those who might think twice before clicking the embedded link are warned that they might permanently lose access to their accounts.
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