Namecheap denies system breach after email service used to spread phishing scams

Domain name registrar and web hosting company Namecheap denied that its systems were breached after some customers received scam emails from the platform on Sunday evening. 

In notices published on Twitter and on its website, the company explained that SendGrid – the system they use to send marketing emails and account information to customers – was abused to send fake package alerts from DHL and scam emails related to crypto platform MetaMask.

Multiple customers took to Twitter on Sunday …

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