10/08/21 AT 2:30 AM
By Nica Osorio
Search engine and tech giant Google has issued a security warning to over 14,000 Gmail users after it discovered and blocked a significantly high number of phishing emails sent by an alleged Russian-backed hacking group.
In late September, Google discovered "a large volume of Gmail users (approx 14,000) across a wide variety of industries" being targeted by a campaign launched by APT28 -- a threat group that has been active in the cyber world since 2004.
"This particular campaign comprised 86% of the batch of warnings we sent for this month," Shane Huntley, Director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed Wednesday.
By Nica Osorio
Search engine and tech giant Google has issued a security warning to over 14,000 Gmail users after it discovered and blocked a significantly high number of phishing emails sent by an alleged Russian-backed hacking group.
In late September, Google discovered "a large volume of Gmail users (approx 14,000) across a wide variety of industries" being targeted by a campaign launched by APT28 -- a threat group that has been active in the cyber world since 2004.
"This particular campaign comprised 86% of the batch of warnings we sent for this month," Shane Huntley, Director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed Wednesday.
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