Google has disputed Wide reported story The company also affects some scriptural accounts that also to reset their passwords due to a recent data violation to warn all Gmail users.
The claim was covered by several news outlets, as well as cyber security firms, who published stories about the so-called “immediate warning”, which ask 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to enable two-meet authentication and reset their passwords.
However, as a company Explained Addressing these wrong stories on Monday’s blog post, “Gmail’s security is strong and effective, and a major Gmail safety warning claims are false.”
“Many incorrect claims have recently surfaced that it has been wrongly stated that we have issued a comprehensive warning to all Gmail users a major Gmail safety issue. It is completely wrong,” said Google.
The search giant also noted that more than 99.9% of fishing and malware attacks are blocked by safety of Gmail, advising users to use passakies to ensure that their accounts do not kidnap their accounts, even if their credentials are stolen.
“Security is an important item for all companies, all customers, all users – we take this task incredibly seriously. Our teams invest heavy, constantly innovate, and make clearly interaction about the risks and safety we have. It is important that the conversation in this location is accurate and factual,” said Google.
This is just the latest story that many news websites and cyber security companies have reported in recent years without verification.
For example, earlier this year, “One of the biggest data violations in history” saw comprehensive media coverage, even though it was actually a huge compilation of credentials stolen by Infosellers and exposed in data violations that had previously leaked online and returned to a single database.
In February 2024, a more widely reported story proved to be based on a fictional landscape rather than a real attack instead of a real attack to conduct a 3 million electric toothbrush infected Daniel-Off-Service (DDOS) attack from about 3 million electric toothbrushes.
The passwords broke in 46% of the atmosphere, almost doubled by 25% last year.
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