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Google saids my yahoo account is compromised!? Anyone seen this before?
Rick Law:
This is strange. I received from Google (or someone post as Google?)
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Someone knows your password
[my email id]@yahoo.com
Google has become aware that someone else knows your password, and we've taken steps to protect your account. Please sign back into your account now and choose a new password to secure your account.
Learn more
You can also see security activity
https://myaccount.google.com/notifications
You received this email to let you know about important changes to your Google Account and services.
© 2020 Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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According to the email's internet header, the email was originating from a google owned IP, but I am puzzled why would Google be the one notifying me about a yahoo logon.
Anyone came across this before? I am wondering if it is a marketing ploy, a scam, or is it genuine. I am reluctant to log on to Google until I know a bit more about this notice.
tom66:
Google Chrome does this too. Compromised lists of passwords are sometimes published by hackers (many do it just for the "lulz" rather than any payout) and these are picked up by the likes of Google.
DrG:
Like most people, I get email telling me that my account has been compromised, everything is shut down and you have to go here ____ to fix it. Frequently I get these from banks where I have no account or something similar. It is easy to spot the embedded bad link.
Your case, however, has been creating a stir with lots of people recently (see this thread)...
https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/87074689?hl=en
I would certainly not log into anything by clicking anywhere on the email, but that probably goes without saying..
Let us know what happens eh?
DrG:
--- Quote from: tom66 on December 19, 2020, 11:12:50 pm ---Google Chrome does this too. Compromised lists of passwords are sometimes published by hackers (many do it just for the "lulz" rather than any payout) and these are picked up by the likes of Google.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I was reading that also. It is kind of silly in a some ways because it is so suspicious to receive and one would think that a more direct and specific explanation would be given. So, you find an account and pw listed on the "dark" web and send the owner that kind of message? I don't know...
sleemanj:
Check your yahoo email address against the
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
database.
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