Security News > 2020 > October > Google warned users of 33,000 state-sponsored attacks in 2020

Google delivered over 33,000 alerts to its users during the first three quarters of 2020 to warn them of state-sponsored phishing attacks targeting their accounts.

The prominent reminders sent to Google users targeted in government-backed attacks were displayed even when the hacking attempts were blocked to inform them of the danger.

In all, Google sent 33,015 government-backed phishing warnings in 2020 until now, with 11,856 alerts sent during Q1 2020, 11,023 in Q2 2020, and 10,136 in Q3 2020.

One of the groups behind the attack tracked by Microsoft, the Chinese-backed APT31, was also detected by Google while targeting "Campaign staffers' personal emails with credential phishing emails and emails containing tracking links."

Today, Google also disclosed that in 2017 a nation-state actor targeted thousands of Google IP addresses in the largest DDoS attack ever, amounting to more than 2.54 terabits per second.

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