For one, it looks legit: An invitation to view a Google Document appears to come from an existing contact. There are two big reasons why this thing is so tricky. In one Reddit thread, where people are trading information about the attack, someone describes the scam as “almost undetectable.” But there are clues to look out for-both of the suspicious emails I received were sent to an odd email address, with me blind-copied. Just in the course of writing this short post, I received two separate emails that appear to be part of the attack.
Several IT experts are describing the attack as huge, startlingly fast-moving, and perplexing.
(Look for “manage apps,” and revoke access to untrusted apps.) If you’re concerned your account has been compromised, you can go to Google’s security page to adjust permissions. The scope of the attack is not limited to news organizations, but appears to be spreading on a massive scale through people’s contacts. Journalists in newsrooms across the United States are swapping warnings about what appears to be a widespread phishing attack, sent via a particularly sneaky invitation to a fake Google Doc.
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