In recent days, Google’s Salesforce Database has been broken by hackers, who have obtained access to 2.5 billion Gmail accounts. Google confirmed that there were attacks on the system and that the users’ data also fell into the hands of hackers, according to Hungarian sites Dívány.hu and MSN.
Phishing is practiced on several channels. Photo shutterstock
According to the company, there are no passwords among these data accessed by Hakers, but phishing attacks can be released.
The attacks are particularly dangerous, because cyber criminals try to deceive users to provide access codes to their accounts not only by e-mail, but also by phone, according to MSN.
The scheme works like this: the scammers present themselves as Google assistants and announces the user that someone is trying to break their account. The alleged security specialist then suggests that the problem can be solved by resetting the password.
The attack was reported for the first time by Gmail users on various online forums.
Behind the attack would be the group of shinyhunters hackers, known for other massive data leaks, according to the site 24.Hu.
The recommendation of the specialists is that, when you receive such an email or phone, to delete it immediately, respectively to close the call.
Pishing, growing attack attacks
We recall that phishing attacks evolve, draw the attention of specialists and only 4.7% are generated by AI, but threat is growing accelerated.
According to the “Phishing Trends 2025” report made by the Hoxhunt cyber security company, only between 0.7% and 4.7% of the dangerous emails identified in 2025 were created with Ai. The study analyzed 386,000 phishing emails reported out of a total of 2.5 million users from over 130 countries.
Even if the percentage is still reduced, you would begin to play an important role in facilitating and refining the attacks, lowering the entrance barrier for attackers and increasing the level of sophistication. We already notice a clear trend: artificial intelligence attacks are no longer just about emails. They also involve synthesized voices, which can imitate a CEO for phone calls, Deepfake videos for false meetings, personalized messages that perfectly mimic the communication style of the organization, automatic responses in real time, within seemingly legitimate interactions.
This type of phishing, on several channels, makes the classic security filters increasingly ease. Even trained employees can be misled if the attack combines forged emails, calls and videos, in a coherent and personalized way.
