New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed – Sam Mitrovic: “This is a story of a super realistic AI scam call that could trick a vast number of people. Don’t be one of them. Read on. The Scam: How It Works. Recently I received a notification to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt. The request originated from the United States. I denied the request and about 40 minutes later received a missed call. The missed call showed caller ID as Google Sydney. I soon forgot about this. Exactly a week later, more or less exactly the same time, I received another notification to approve my Gmail account recovery again from the United States. You guessed it – about 40 minutes later I receive a call which I pick up this time. It’s an American voice, very polite and professional. The number is Australian. He introduces himself and says that there is suspicious activity on my account. He asks if I’m travelling, when I said no, he asks if I logged in from Germany to which I reply no. He says that someone has had access to my account for a week and that they have downloaded the account data (I then get a flashback of the recovery notification a week before). In the meantime, I Google the phone number which leads me to official Google documentation…”