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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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 ...
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FBI warns Gmail, Outlook users of potential hack. Here's how to best protect your accounts

The FBI is urging you to take extra steps to protect your email accounts.Investigators say a group of developers breached the data of hundreds of people who use Outlook, Gmail and other popular ...
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Is a hacker logged into your Google account? Here’s how to find out

If you live in a more populated area, you likely check your doors before bed to make sure they’re locked. The same idea is worthwhile to apply to your vital online accounts, too—verifying that they’re ...
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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 ...