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Gmail Users have been warned about a massive attack that appears to have killed 183 million people email Accounts unsecured.
data Online leaks include not only email The accounts are their own but passwords are believed to be tied to those logins.
may allow violations hacker no entry at all email accounts but all other logins depend on Gmail,
The breach occurred in April this year but was only recently noted by tracking website Have I Been Pondered data Violations so that users can be alerted to them.
data According to Troy Hunt, who runs the website, it came from a very widespread hack that was collected from across the internet.
Users are able to check if their emails and passwords are part of the attack – or any other tracked data breach – using that websiteIn total, the website has tracked 917 breached websites and more than 15 billion accounts.
If a user’s account has been, or may be, compromised, there are a series of relatively simple recommended actions. Users are advised to make their changes Gmail Setting up two-factor authentication along with a password.
Two-step authentication adds an extra layer of security to an account so that even a hacker who steals a user’s password will not be able to gain access to it alone. Unlike some other systems, Google Uses various second challenges, and says its tools will choose the one most likely to keep hijackers away from the account.