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发帖数: 13748 | 1 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/google-says-it-uncover
Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users’ Gmail Account Passwords
Google Inc. (GOOG), owner of the world’s most popular search engine, said h
ackers tried to steal user passwords from hundreds of Gmail accounts, possib
ly including those of government officials in the U.S. and Asia.
The campaign, which appears to have originated in China, probably used a so-
called phishing scam to collect passwords with the goal of monitoring e-mail
content, Eric Grosse, engineering director on the Google Security Team, sai
d in a blog post today. The company said it detected and disrupted the campa
ign, secured users’ accounts and notified authorities.
“We believe that being open about these security issues helps users better
protect their information online,” Grosse said in the blog.
The campaign against Gmail users comes amid growing concern about network se
curity, prompted by recent cyber attacks against Sony Corp. and Lockheed Mar
tin Corp. Phishing scams typically involve tricking users into sharing passw
ords that can then be used to obtain information.
Google’s internal systems weren’t affected, and the attempts didn’t invol
ve a security problem with Gmail, Grosse said. While most of these kinds of
attacks aren’t very targeted, these “hijackings” went after senior U.S. g
overnment officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian
countries, military personnel and journalists.
Users should protect themselves by using such safeguards as multistep verifi
cations for their accounts, strong passwords and checking for suspicious for
warding addresses, Grosse said.
Google, based in Mountain View, California, fell $3.42 to $525.60 at 4 p.m.
New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares have declined 12 percen
t this year.
To contact the reporters on this story: Douglas Macmillan in San Francisco a
t d*********[email protected] Brian Womack in San Francisco at bwomack1@bloomb
erg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tom Giles at tgiles5@bloom
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发帖数: 13748 | 2 很好奇，股沟里的三儿B们，在老家的时候有几个没fishing过的？
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: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/google-says-it-uncover
: Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users’ Gmail Account Passwords
: Google Inc. (GOOG), owner of the world’s most popular search engine, said h
: ackers tried to steal user passwords from hundreds of Gmail accounts, possib
: ly including those of government officials in the U.S. and Asia.
: The campaign, which appears to have originated in China, probably used a so-
: called phishing scam to collect passwords with the goal of monitoring e-mail
: content, Eric Grosse, engineering director on the Google Security Team, sai
: d in a blog post today. The company said it detected and disrupted the campa
: ign, secured users’ accounts and notified authorities.
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