Google Suffers Data Breach, Puts Out Gmail Warning

A supposed Google data breach has sparked a lively debate, with some commenters pointing out that the alleged breach actually originated from a Salesforce database hack. As users weighed in, it became clear that the real concern was a phishing scam leveraging the compromised data, with one user sharing a suspicious "delivery failure notification" that was DKIM signed and looked legitimate, but contained a dubious "click here to fix" link. Meanwhile, others chimed in to highlight Google's lack of customer-facing telephone support, making it unlikely that the company would call users out of the blue to warn them about security issues. The discussion also touched on the tendency to deflect blame onto more popular brands during security breaches.

Snapshot generated from the HN discussion