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Gmail’s State Sponsored Attack Warning

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This week, after logging into my Gmail, I was greeted by the message below. “Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account.” In June, Google announced plans for this sort of attack.  At that time, I expected these alerts to be seen by Tibetans targeted by China.   It’s not the …

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Thanks for Nothing Google

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Yesterday I wrote about the importance of using good passwords because people are trying to bruteforce your email and social networking accounts.  Today I logged into GMail and received a dire red letter message. “your email has been accessed from the United States.”     Upon reviewing the Gmail account activity log, I see access to …

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