Be vigilant if you rely on Gmail...

[pgn]

...as it sounds like some information on users and e-mail addresses but not passwords has been stolen from an internal (to Google) Salesforce system by a hacker group - this info may be useful for scammers to try social engineering phishing tactics to obtain further info or to gain access to credentials by cold-calling or spam e-mailing unsuspecting Gmail users with realistic-sounding "excuses".

More here:

 https://www.pcworld.com/article/2880822/2-5-billion-gmail-users-at-risk-after-googles-databases-were...

[Oxonian]

Thank you for the warning @pgn ! 👍

[Pipstop78]

Thanks for the warning 

[Cleoriff]

Thanks @pgn 

Very interesting article you posted. Be vigilant. 

[Anonymous]

@pgn I do seem to be getting a significant increase in spam on my main Gmail account, not all of it gets caught by the spam filters.

[madasaf1sh]

Missed this one @pgn 

But its been debunked by Google and other Industry Media

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/no-google-did-not-warn-25-billion-gmail-users-to-re... 

https://www.itpro.com/security/cyber-attacks/google-says-claims-of-a-major-gmail-security-warning-ar... 

https://blog.google/products/workspace/gmail-security-protections/

If people are getting more spam that is down to threat actors finding your email address on pwnd lists etc or dictionary attacks...