IU South Bend Libraries urges researchers to be aware of a current phishing scam involving Elsevier.
The message claims that Elsevier is joining theIPregistry.org. This is not correct.
There is a link in the email that appears to be a phishing decoy that is attempting to steal login details to the Elsevier admin tools portal. If you have clicked on the link and entered your login details, we recommend that you update your password.
It is not clear who is behind this phishing attempt or why they want the login credentials, but this is the kind of tactic previously used by Sci-Hub in order to gain access into University systems, please see the article by the City of London Police; https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2021/march/police-warn-students-and-universities-of-accessing-an-illegal-website-to-download-published-scientific-papers/