{"id":122498,"date":"2025-08-31T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122498\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T07:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:52:08","slug":"google-issues-warning-to-certain-users-after-leaked-data-hack-heres-whos-affected-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/122498\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Issues Warning to Certain Users After Leaked Data Hack \u2014 Here\u2019s Who’s Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n

Certain Google users\u2019 data may be at risk after a recent breach<\/p>\n

Hackers attacked the tech giant\u2019s Salesforce database, which stores and manages customer data for businesses<\/p>\n

Google recommends using a passkey \u2014 like a fingerprint or face scan \u2014 for maximum account security<\/p>\n

After a data breach at Google<\/a>, certain users\u2019 information may be at risk.<\/p>\n

Hackers have breached the tech giant\u2019s Salesforce database, which stores and manages customer data for businesses, per Forbes<\/a>. However, this doesn\u2019t mean that the average Google user should panic: Google Cloud and Gmail data were not affected, per the outlet.<\/p>\n

The breach only involved \u201ca limited set of basic business contact information used to communicate with potential advertisers,\u201d per a statement from Google provided to the tech publication PC World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This means that while some information, like customer and company names, was leaked, personal passwords were not, per the outlet.<\/p>\n

\"GREG<\/p>\n

GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n

Google offices<\/p>\n

Regardless, Google encourages all users to stay up-to-date with password protection<\/a>, especially due to a surge in new AI-fueled hacking campaigns, as Forbes<\/a> previously reported in June.<\/p>\n

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Google recommends that users use passkeys \u2014 which utilize biometric data like fingerprints and facial scans \u2014 to maintain optimal account security. Passkeys are recommended over 2]-factor authentication, which was the previous gold standard in device security.<\/p>\n

\u201cPasskeys provide the strongest protection against threats like phishing. Once you create a passkey, you can use it to easily sign in to your Google Account, as well as some third-party apps or services, and to verify it’s you when you make sensitive changes,\u201d per Google Account Help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Man on phone (stock image)<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike passwords, passkeys can only exist on your devices. They can’t be written down or accidentally given to a bad actor,\u201d Google added.<\/p>\n

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PEOPLE reached out to Google for comment on Saturday, Aug. 30, but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n

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