Gmail Users Alert And Protect Your Account Says Google -Change Your Password

Google has begun alerting users of its Gmail system that they could be targeted by state-sponsored hacking of their accounts on the popular email platform.

Eric Grosse, the company's vice president of Security Engineering, announced the new policy in a blog posting on Tuesday night, saying that the warning would appear in a pink bar to users that Google considered at risk.

“Our detailed analysis - as well as victim reports - strongly suggest the involvement of states or groups that are state-sponsored,” Grosse said, urging users to make sure they had strong passwords to their accounts, and took other security measures, such as using Google's two step verification process.

Grosse said that revealing more information about the nature of the attacks and their links to state-sponsored organisations would aid hackers in penetrating users' accounts.

Important account security tips:
- Never give out your password or personal information by email or on social
networks. Google will never contact you to ask you for your password.
- Never use the same password for Google and other websites.
- Add your mobile phone to your account, so that you can easily pass Google's security
measures and make it hard for hijackers to get in.

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