'The ICO is clear that this information should never have been collected in the first place and the companys failure to secure its deletion as promised is cause for concern,' it added. To secure a Google Account that has suspicious activity, or has been hacked, follow these steps. The news, originally reported by The Wall Journal. However, one Google Fi user says in a Reddit post Google had informed them their phone number had briefly been compromised and transferred for nearly two hours, during which time it could have been used to send and receive texts and calls. Possessing data that should have been deleted 'appears to breach' the undertaking Google signed in November 2010, said the ICO in a statement. Google inadvertently exposed the personal information of users of its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post this morning. Google told some customers there is no need to take action in response to Google Fi data breachĬustomers were told in some emails they do not need to take any action in response to the Google Fi breach, TechCrunch reports. The GHDB is an index of search queries (we call them dorks) used to find publicly available information, intended for pentesters and security researchers. The tech giant reportedly reassured customers hackers were not able to access customers’ personal information, payment card numbers, PINs, passwords or text message or call contents. Google, meanwhile, told its customers bad actors had been able to access a limited amount of customer information, including account status, phone numbers, SIM serial card numbers and information related to mobile service plans, TechCrunch reports. Google Fi reportedly uses T-Mobile - which disclosed its breach last month - and U.S.
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