Google Urges Iranians to Change Passwords

Date: 2011-09-09 10:46:12

Google has urged iranian users to change their Google passwords. This is in direct response to the compromise of Dutch SSL certificate authority DigiNotar. The fake credentials were used to deploy man-in-the-middle attacks against Iranian users.

Compromised accounts may have had forwarding enabled or also accessed any sites your google ID is entrusted to. To learn more about checking your account settings, see How to See if Somone is Using Your GMail and How to Check your GMail Forwarding for more details on protecting your Google accounts.

Source: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2011/09/gmail-account-security-in-iran.html

Category: Breach

Subcategory: Passwords