US EditionGoogle Data Breach — August 8 Email Warnings Now Confirmed
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AUG 10 – The breach exploited social engineering to access 2.55 million business contacts, with Google completing notifications to affected users by early August 2025.
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On August 8, 2025, several leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises received an unexpected email from Google. The US giant informed them that a leak had exposed their contact details, as well as notes on their business activities. The cause was a cyberattack that allowed hackers to access one of its databases. Ironically, the modus operandi of this offensive had been widely documented... by Google itself.
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Google Confirms Major Security Breach After Hackers Linked To ShinyHunters Steal Sensitive Corporate Data, Including Business Contact Information, In Coordinated Cyberattack
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly common, with hackers finding vulnerabilities and often gaining access to sensitive information, resulting in mistrust among the community. While Google has been controversial for a while over its monopoly in the search market and has been facing many legal troubles as a result, this is not why the company is making the headlines these days. The tech giant has recently confirmed a data breach linked to the S…
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