5 days ago
‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. The Guardian Business is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 11 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Appointment or renewal reminder appears in victims’ calendar to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal page You’re preparing for the week ahead and take a look at your Google calendar. There’s an entry for a meeting that you must have completely forgotten.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Guardian Business
‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian