Seriously?! Google Got Pwned. Again.

Oh, joy. Another security clusterfuck courtesy of the tech giants. Apparently, some hackers – and I use that term loosely for whoever managed to exploit this mess – got into a portal Google uses for law enforcement requests. Yeah, you read that right. The place where cops ask for your data? Compromised.

They’re saying it was a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting credentials. Phishing! Seriously?! You’d think a company with all their resources could protect against something as basic as *phishing*. But no, apparently not. They claim they patched the hole and are notifying affected agencies (like that helps after your data is already floating around).

The worst part? We don’t even know what was stolen. Could be search history, location data, account info…the possibilities for abuse are endless. And Google’s response is the usual “we’re investigating” bullshit. Fantastic. Just what we needed – more vague assurances from a company that clearly can’t secure its own shit.

They’re blaming a third-party vendor, naturally. Always someone else’s fault, isn’t it? Look, if you’re trusting Google with your data, or relying on them to keep *anyone’s* data safe, you’re an idiot. A complete and utter fool.

Source: BleepingComputer

And another thing…

Reminds me of the time a sysadmin at a previous gig left the root password for the entire network taped to their monitor. Said it was “for emergencies.” Emergencies like what? Needing to reboot the server because they forgot how to use SSH? Pathetic. Honestly, people are spectacularly bad at security. And Google should know better.

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