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Jan
2008
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Gmail Users: Critical Security Hack

Attention Gmail users: A couple months ago, hackers found a way to insert a “filter” into your account that would automatically forward certain emails (for example, ones containing the word “password”) to the hacker’s email address. Gmail has fixed the vulnerability (meaning that new filters can’t be added), but if hackers added such a filter to your account, it will still be in place.

If you use gmail, do this right now:

  • Log in to gmail
  • Click on “settings”
  • Click on “filters”
  • Look at the filters and verify that all of them are ones you (not a hacker) created

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Posted by Adam @ 9:22 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

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