Google Reports Account Hijacking Down 99.7%

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Submission + - Google Reports Account Hijacking Down 99.7% (darkreading.com)

Submitted by

CowboyRobot

on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @03:14AM

CowboyRobot writes: "Google's security team reported that the number of compromised Gmail accounts dropped 99.7% since 2011. Their solution is to conduct a risk analysis of more than 120 variables every single time a user checks email to make sure the sign-in is genuine. Any flags then prompt the user with a security question."

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