Google now lets you add friends as contacts for account recovery

The company is adding a new feature called Recovery Contacts, which lets you add your trusted friends or family members as ...
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Google hack: 2.5 billion Gmail users at risk from scammers – how to protect your account

Hackers called ShinyHunters broke into a major Google database in June by tricking a Google employee into giving login details. The database was managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform, which ...

Google sounds alarm after 2.5B users exposed — says hacking group breached accounts successfully. What to do ASAP to protect yourself

Google revealed that a cybercriminal group known as the ShinyHunters hacked a database of their accounts through the ...
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2.5 billion Gmail users endangered after Google database hack

Original story from August 18th, 2025: If you’re a Gmail user, you need to be particularly careful right now as criminals are currently targeting Gmail accounts. Hackers from a group called ...