Gmail Takeover Hack Attack—Google Warns You Have Just 7 Days To Act [to recover your account]

T-RHex · Dec 6, 2024

The headline is a bit of click-bait so I added [to recover your account].

I went directly to Google to ask if there’s anything that users can do to get their Gmail accounts back under their own control, and, as it turns out, there’s a lot more than you might imagine. Here’s what you need to know.
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“We recommend all users to set up a recovery phone as well as a recovery email on their account,” Richendrfer said, “these can be used in cases where users forget their own passwords, or an attacker changes the credentials after hijacking the account.” Here comes the most important bit: if an attacker changes your recovery phone number then you, as the original account holder, have up to 7 days to use that original recovery phone number to regain control of your account.
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"Gmail Takeover Hack Attack—Google Warns You Have Just 7 Days To Act"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...ack-google-warns-you-have-just-7-days-to-act/

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