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Update 1/4/19 10:10 AM CTS: Google got back to us with a statement saying that changes are coming to Drive’s sharing features and they’re “making it a priority.” Here’s the statement in full: Spammers can share files that automatically appear in your Drive, and there’s no way to stop it. Report any phishing attacks to Google by clicking the downward arrow at the top right of your inbox and selecting “Report Phishing.” Companies count on those reports to investigate such scams and stop them.Google Drive has a pretty bad spam problem, and it seems Google doesn’t care. Take the cannoli,” becomes LtG,tTcannol1. For example, “The Godfather” movie quotation “Leave the gun. Security specialists advise creating acronyms based on song lyrics, movie quotations or sayings. Your email account is a ripe target for hackers because your inbox is the key to resetting the passwords of, and potentially breaking into, dozens of other accounts. The first things hackers do when breaking into a site is use computer programs that will try every word in the dictionary. Ideally, your passwords should be long and should not be words that could be found in a dictionary. If you’ve been phished, change your passwords to something you have never used before. Revoke access to “Google Docs” (the app will have access to contacts and drive).

If you accidentally clicked on the Google phishing attack and gave spammers third-party access to your Google account, you can revoke their access by following these steps: It is the most basic way to prevent hackers from breaking into your accounts with a stolen password. When you log in from an unrecognized computer, the service will prompt you to enter a one-time code texted to your phone. Google and most other email, social media and banking services offer customers the ability to turn on multifactor authentication.
