Google accounts attacked and hijacked by this devious security flaw

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Google’s Cloud Platform (GCP) was weak to a zero-day flaw that allowed menace actors entry to folks’s accounts, and all the information discovered there (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Pictures, and extra), researchers are saying.

Consultants from Astrix Safety discovered {that a} menace actor might create a malicious Google Cloud Platform app, and promote it both by way of the Google Market, or third-party suppliers.