(TNND) — Google warned its 2.5 billion Gmail users worldwide to be on the lookout for a rise in phishing scams.
As a result, the company is advising users to update passwords and use enhanced protections.
“We believe threat actors using the ‘ShinyHunters’ brand may be preparing to escalate their extortion tactics by launching a data leak site (DLS),” Google said in a June blog post.
ShinyHunters, the group linked to the hacking, is also behind other data breaches, such as those for Microsoft and Ticketmaster.
The company admitted that a group of hackers breached a massive database and stored contact information for small and medium-sized businesses.
Although they confirmed no sensitive information, such as passwords, was taken, they said scammers were trying to trick users into giving them access to their accounts by pretending to be IT support