Google Docs suffered phishing attack affecting one million Gmail users, solved by Google in one hour

Briefing

Google Docs suffered phishing attack affecting one million Gmail users, solved by Google in one hour

May 8, 2017

Briefing

  • Google Docs Phishing Attack – One million Gmail users became subject of phishing attack on May 3, 2017, posing as legitimate request to open Google Document from trusted contact
  • How It Works – Hackers created app called Google Docs that tricks users to grant access to their contacts through app, which hackers used to send phishing e-mails
  • Google Takes Action – Google said it stopped attempts in one hour with automatic and manual actions, including removing fake pages and applications
  • Phishing Definition – Attempts to trick people to handing over personal information by posing as legitimate company

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Google Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

May 3, 2017

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