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Gmail accounts hacked via unpatched hole
By Scott Spanbauer, Windows Secrets
April 23, 2009
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By Scott Spanbauer, Windows Secrets
April 23, 2009
Exploits allowing hackers to break into Gmail accounts are likely to occur, if they're not already circulating, after security researchers released details of a hole that Google has reportedly declined to patch.
There are steps you can take to reduce the risk of using a webmail account, but it appears that the usual tricks won't solve the Gmail problem until Google fixes the software.
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