Escalating Gmail/Spamming Attacks

We've been getting submissions about an uptick in compromised Gmail accounts in the last few days, but nothing that could be substantiated. Robert McMillan did a bit of digging and now reports in PC World that "Google is investigating a growing number of reports that hackers are breaking into legitimate Gmail accounts and then using them to send spam messages. The problem started about a week ago but seems to have escalated over the past few days. ... [I]n forum posts, Gmail users note that the hackers appear to be sending spam via Gmail's mobile interface — which gives mobile-phone users a way to check their Gmail accounts — and wonder if there may be a bug in the mobile interface that is allowing criminals to send the spam. ... Google says there's no Gmail bug. ... 'Spammers may sometimes use a mobile interface to access accounts they have already compromised because it's simpler for bots to use this method at large scale.'" Here's how to tell if your Gmail account has been accessed by bad guys, and what to do about it.

Comments

first spam

[Anonymous Coward]

next time, please suck your shit off my dick you homo.

Happy Birthday Adolph

[Anonymous Coward]

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`Y8888888Y'
  `Y888Y'
    `Y'

#In Memory of Adolf Hitler#
We will always remember
and cherish you. Your
acts of selflessness
will be passed down from
generation to generation.
The lies that dishonor your
name will be vanquished.
You were a true patriot
and a lover of all men,
all races, all religions.
#In Memory of Adolf Hitler#

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Re:This happened to my significant other

[Anonymous Coward]

She had a pathetic password, so I wasn't too surprised.

Was it "penis" or "hunter2"?

He has the pathetic penis password, she uses hunter2.

Re:actual problem is using the same password

[Anonymous Coward]

her account may be clean, but her pussy isn't. smells like a dozen armenians ran train on that thing.

Re:GMail's Security is Crap

[John Hasler]

> Gmail's security sucks and it's customer service is non-existent.

If you want customer service become a customer. Users of free accounts are not customers. A business's customers are the people who pay them money: advertisers, in Google's case.

> Google encourages people to trust gmail with their most sensitive personal
> data. I think their negligence and lack of response regarding their own
> products' defects borders on criminal.

You got what you paid for.

For email (Webmail and POP/IMAP) and Usenet I suggest Newsguy. It's an actual business, not an advertising agency.