Google Docs users hit by phishing scam

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Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users.

The scam claimed to come from Google Docs - a service that allows people to share and edit documents online.

Users who clicked a link and followed instructions, risked giving the hackers access to their email accounts.

Google said it had stopped the attack "within approximately one hour", including through "removing fake pages and applications".

"While contact information was accessed and used by the campaign, our investigations show that no other data was exposed," Google said in an updated statement.

"There's no further action users need to take regarding this event; users who want to review third party apps connected to their account can visit Google Security Checkup."Victims of the scam were asked to let a seemingly real service called "Google Docs" access their account data                                                      Too widespread : -

According to PC World magazine, the scam was more sophisticated than typical phishing attacks, whereby people trick people into handing over their personal information by posing as a reputable company.

This is because the hackers bypassed the need to steal people's login credentials and instead built a third-party app that used Google processes to gain account access.And in 2013, Google said it had detected thousands of phishing attacks targeting email accounts of Iranian users ahead of the country's presidential election. This step is from Google company