Massive Gmail phishing attack

[skidude]

You can read the latest on cnn
Massive Gmail phishing attack hits senior U.S. officials - Jun. 1, 2011

Hundreds of personal Gmail accounts, including those of some senior U.S. government officials, were hacked as a result of a massive phishing scheme originating from China, Google said Wednesday.


The company believes the phishing attack emanated from Jinan, China. In addition to the U.S. government personnel, other targets included South Korean government officials and federal workers of several other Asian countries, Chinese political activists, military personnel and journalists.

[Burner03]

Thats why I use a authentication session for every single 'important' account I have. Banks, social networks and most of all my holy grail email that is the hub of every single thing important to me on the internet. :|