Google alerted 2.5 billion Gmail users to a critical security threat following breaches that compromised user accounts. Phishing scams tricked users into revealing login information and 2FA codes.

Stories about a worldwide emergency Gmail data breach dominated newsfeeds for Google and Gmail around the world. There were reports circulating last week claiming that Gmail was the subject of a major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. For the second time in just a few weeks, Google has issued a critical ...

Recently, many warnings regarding Google telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach surfaced. “2.5 billion Gmail users should change passwords,” the headlines warned, ...

There were several reports recently circulating online that claimed Google had issued a major Gmail security warning to all users. The tech giant has now debunked these claims, clarifying that they ...

Google is officially debunking a series of reports that claimed Gmail has been hit with a "major" security issue in recent days. "We want to reassure our users that Gmail’s protections are strong and ...

The stories are not true — Google responds. Republished on September 1, with Google issuing a formal denial as viral headlines get “out of hand.” This story was originally published on August 31.

If you have read some reports in recent weeks that Gmail is compromised or poses a security risk, Google says such claims are patently false. The big tech company published a short blog post ...

Google recently came out and publicly rejected what it describes as “inaccurate claims” that the company sent out a “broad warning to all Gmail users about a major Gmail security issue.” In the ...