Hundreds of Gmail accounts in US and Asia hacked

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Google: Hundreds of Gmail accounts in U.S., Asia hacked
By Rachel King, ZDNet
June 1, 2011

Hackers around the world are gaining more attention than usual in the last few months. Now Google has added another announcement to the pile that hundreds of Gmail accounts have been hacked recently.


Now, Google affirms that the problem doesn?t rest with Gmail security but rather this scheme was a result of phishing and malware.

Google spilled the details on Wednesday via its official blog

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[janellelk]

Ugh! YUCK! Thanks for the info and great link, though.

 

[Seleyna]

atleast 3 of my "for client" gmails were hacked last week, Google has been responsive to my concern though

 

[adam8820]

What ever happen with Google and Gmail.. they will remain the best..

they are providing services no body provide..

 

[melissacatwalk]

Somebody is having great fun hacking gmails and my account was hacked some weeks ago and I was astonished to some extent as they posted my email to some dating sites

 

[brazda22]

And what am I supposed to as a plain user, how can I protect myself?

 

[artistictouchbhm]

Wow!

To better protect yourself, change your password every month or so. It's a pain in the a** but it could save your account.