Google Data Breach Exposed 2.5 Billion Accounts: How to Secure Your Gmail Account

Google has reportedly alerted 2.5 billion Gmail account holders after a password hacker group was able to carry out a “successful intrusion.” As per the report, the incident occurred between August 8 and 18 in a widespread attack via compromised Open Authorisation (OAuth) tokens. Apart from targeting individual accounts, the threat actors have also targeted Salesforce’s database containing information about its customers, the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has found.