Gmail Accounts of High Profile Individuals hit by cyber attacks from China
Google on Wednesday disclosed that a cyber attack originating in China resulted in the breach of the Gmail accounts of hundreds of high-profile individuals in several nations.
In a blog post, Eric Grosse, engineering director of Google's security team, described a campaign to collect Gmail users' passwords that he says appears to have originated in Jinan, China. The hackers targeted the accounts of "senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists." 😕
Source: USA Today
In a blog post, Eric Grosse, engineering director of Google's security team, described a campaign to collect Gmail users' passwords that he says appears to have originated in Jinan, China. The hackers targeted the accounts of "senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists." 😕
Source: USA Today
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