Fake TikTok Shop drives one in five phishing blocks

Surfshark recorded 320,007 blocks of a single domain tied to a suspected counterfeit TikTok Shop from May to September 2026, 19% of all phishing blocks. The domain triggered another 96,711 blocks in the first 20 days of October as phishing rises across Europe and the US ahead of Black Friday.

• 320,007 blocks of the domain from May to September, 19% of 1.6M phishing blocks
• Monthly blocks rose from 16,995 in May to 125,413 in September
• Blocks per device rose 159% in France and 87% in the US
• The domain triggered another 96,711 blocks on October 1–20