Gmail alerted its 2.5 billion users to an AI hack. Cybercriminals claim that they belong to Google support, with calling identifiers that seem legitimate.
Cybercriminals say that the Gmail account of the specific user has been compromised by someone and that he tries to recover the account.
The assistance team will send an email to the user’s Gmail with a recovery code and the sender’s messaging account seems authentic, according to the Forbes report.
The scam was identified by Zach Latta, the founder of the Hack Club. Latta said that the voice on the other side looked like a real engineer, the connection was super clear and that the woman had an American accent.
The voice makes it believe that it is authentic, because cybercriminals want the user to put back its connection identification information, so that it can access it.
Spencer Starkey, vice-president at Sonicwall, said that cybercriminals are constantly finding new tactics and techniques to exploit vulnerabilities and also escape security checks. Companies should quickly respond to such threats that require a proactive and flexible approach to cybersecurity, he said.
The founder of the venture capital company Y Combinator, Garry Tan, published an announcement on X after emails and phishing calls.
The hackers say they check if you are alive and see if they have to ignore a registered death certificate, saying that a family member recovers your account, “he said, adding that he Acts a fairly developed ploy to allow you to recover the password.
Forbes has urged users to stay calm and suspend any call received from the “care of Google” because Google will not call users. Users must use resources like Google Search or the Gmail account to check the phone to find out if a stranger has access to your account.
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