Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.

@annepmitchell.bsky.social

Attorney ⚖️ Law Professor 🎓 Federal Law Author 🖋 Legislative Advisor 📣 "You are a goddess rockstar of the highest order." - Wil Wheaton annepmitchell.substack.com

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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

OMG YES!!!! COURT ORDERS TRUMP TO SIT FOR DEPOSITION IN BBC CASE!! The hearing *just* happened, the order hasn't posted yet but you will be sure that I will grab it as soon as I can, along with the transcript in which the judge said to Trump's attorney...

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

... among other things, "This is the last opportunity to {adequately participate in discovery}" and "The court is not satisfied that anyone is doing a thorough job." Oh I love this SOOOO MUCH for him!!!! Karma's a bitch, discovery's a bitch, and I'm the Democracy Bitch. ;~)

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

LOOK AT THIS!! (It's an important lesson) What you are looking at is a scam. Most of you will be asking "Who the heck is ImproveMX??" and that's part of the point. Phishing and malware scammers don't just spoof big name brands.

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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

Now, I want to draw your attention to two highlighted things: the actual sender address (not even remotely Improve MX) and the actual link that the "Review & Renew Domain" button actually goes to - the malware payload.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

LOOK AT THIS!! (It's an important lesson) What you are looking at is a scam. Most of you will be asking "Who the heck is ImproveMX??" and that's part of the point. Phishing and malware scammers don't just spoof big name brands.

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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

You have to dig deep to discover that we use Improve MX as the Internet email exchange (not email service, just the MX) for the particular website of ours to which they sent this email. I will admit that because of all of this it almost got me.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

(Yes, even me (first anti-spam attorney in the U.S. and former dean of cyberlaw and cyber security). BUT, fortunately, I never click on links in email, I always go and log in directly on the site from which the email claims to come.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

LOOK AT THIS!! (It's an important lesson) What you are looking at is a scam. Most of you will be asking "Who the heck is ImproveMX??" and that's part of the point. Phishing and malware scammers don't just spoof big name brands.

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
@annepmitchell.bsky.social

They scour every corner of the Internet, figuring out who uses what services and then spoofing them. In this case Improv MX is one of the Internet services which deals in the underpinnings of the email system ("mx" stands for "mail exchange").