BURSTGoogle on Monday denied reports that 2.5 billion Gmail users had been impacted by a hack, saying claims that it issued a warning about a major security issue are “entirely false.”
Reports emerged last week that Gmail users were impacted by a Salesforce breach and Google was warning customers to change their passwords. However, the tech giant dismissed these claims.
“While it’s always the case that phishers are looking for ways to infiltrate inboxes, our protections continue to block more than 99.9% of phishing and malware attempts from reaching users,” the company wrote in a blog post Monday.
“Security is such an important item for all companies, all customers, all users — we take this work incredibly seriously,” it continued. “Our teams invest heavily, innovate constantly, and communicate clearly about the risks and protections we have in place. It’s crucial that conversation in this space is accurate and factual.”
Google Threat Intelligence Group identified a hacking campaign targeting companies using Salesforce in early June.
In an update in early August, Google said it too had been impacted by such a breach, which uses voice phishing to gain access to companies’ Salesforce software and steal large swaths of data. The company said it finished notifying impacted customers by Aug. 8.