GFI Software incident

Issue with the Anti-Phishing Engine in GFI MailEssentials

Major Resolved View vendor source →

GFI Software experienced a major incident on March 3, 2026 affecting Anti-phishing definitions updates, lasting 6d 21h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Mar 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 10, 2026, 02:16 PM UTC
Duration
6d 21h
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC

Affected components

Anti-phishing definitions updates

Update timeline

  1. identified Mar 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of the issue and are actively working on a resolution. During this time, anti-phishing updates and detection may not function as expected. We will provide further updates as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. identified Mar 03, 2026, 05:11 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  3. monitoring Mar 10, 2026, 02:15 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. resolved Mar 10, 2026, 02:16 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.