Google hacked?

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I saw on my news app, that hackers got access to passwords + 2fa? is this true, should i be worrying about my gmail accounts?

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this should probably go in the tech forum, but yes. i got an alert from my credit monitoring service that my primary gmail password along with some other info was compromised. i would change your passwords if you haven’t already.

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I noticed Bing having some issues the other day. Maybe everyone is just having a bad time.

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ah, i never made an account for any google products.
all the way back to google+ i felt like it was a bad idea lol

finally i’m vindicated and not just a weird paranoid freak :wink:

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I’m using 2FA, sh ould i still change my pw?

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Let me have your password, I’ll check to make sure it’s still good.

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Everything gets hacked. Banks, hospitals, people taking your card info from fast food places, etc.

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This article doesn’t even seem to confirm that Google was compromised or that any accounts were hacked, it seems to just be “I almost fell for a phishing scam and need to tell everyone about it.”

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I can’t find anything about a hacking, atm.

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That’s exactly what it is.

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On the art forums I frequent there was an issue a few days ago with not letting people on the site saying there was a security issue and it was a google looking page that gave the alert

looks like this might be bigger than what we discussed over there :frowning:

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yeah, that’s how I read it too. More about a AI phishing scam for gmail users then an actual hack per se.

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So what’s really going on guys?

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Reading the article from Forbes, it looks like Google itself wasn’t compromised.

It’s just a warning that there’s a new scam going around where they use an AI voice bot to make it seem like somebody from Google is calling you about a compromised account, then tricking you into giving them your account information.

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ahgotchya, ty for the heads up!!

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Did you share your password with someone over the phone or a messaging app? If not, then you should be fine.

However, if it makes you sleep better tonight then change your password.

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I’m surprised this works since literally everyone I know refuses to answer their phone unless they know the number.

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Thanks man!! :slight_smile:

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Fidelity was just hacked. 70k SS and Liscence numbers weeeeeeeeee