Last week, media reports claimed that Google was allegedly notifying all Gmail users (about 2.5 billion people) en masse to urgently change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication. Google representatives say that reports of security issues in Gmail are false.
Media reported that the Gmail email service had allegedly been hit by a serious data leak, citing the company’s recent series of warnings about increasingly frequent phishing attacks.
Publications also mentioned that Google was recently affected by an attack on Salesforce, and the recent Salesloft breach impacted Google Workspace data. As a result, the media claimed that Google is now allegedly urging 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to reset their passwords.
This week, Google representatives had to publish an official statement on the company blog, calling these reports false.
“We want to assure our users that Gmail’s security is reliable and effective. Recently, a number of inaccurate claims surfaced online, wrongly asserting that we issued a mass alert to all Gmail users about a serious Gmail security issue. That is simply not true.
While phishers are always looking for ways to break into inboxes, our protections continue to block more than 99.9% of phishing and malware attempts from ever reaching users.
Security is a very important issue for all companies, customers, and users, and we take this work extremely seriously. Our teams invest significant resources, continuously innovate, and clearly communicate the risks and the protections we employ. It’s crucial that the discussion in this area be accurate and fact-based,” Google representatives said.