Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Google Hit By Gmail Outage And Phishing Scam (NOTES)

  • Google's email service experienced an outage for several hours.
  • Then a phishing scam made it's way through Google Talk (IM Application)
  • Google issued an apology through it's blog.
  • The phishing attack was blamed on a website called (viddyho.com).
  • Google is urging people who were scammed to change their passwords imediatly.
  • Google hasn't detected any suspicious activity since then.
  • Except for the spread of the scam.
  • The outage and phishing outbreak were unrelated.