Security Alert: WeedWeek founder and editor Alex Halperin has confirmed in a LinkedIn post that his WeedWeek email account was hacked and used to send a fraudulent “Bid Proposal Invitation.” The message directs recipients to weedweek.framer.website/proposal, a phishing site posing as a secure document portal before presenting what appears to be a Google account login page designed to capture users’ email credentials.
In his post, Halperin advised recipients to ignore the email. Anyone who received the message should not click the link or enter any login credentials.
Phishing and social-engineering attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated as AI tools make it easier to create convincing messages, websites, and other digital communications. Businesses and employees should be especially cautious with unexpected requests involving logins, documents, payments, or account access, even when they appear to come from a familiar source. Read more about the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks to cannabis businesses.
