ShinyHunters, the attacker group behind the breach, gained access by impersonating an IT help desk to a Google employee.

Gmail users have been sweating over security recently, after Google reportedly sent notifications to its 2.5 billion users warning of a serious security issue. Now Google is denying these reports, reassuring users that Gmail's security is "strong and effective." It turns out that all that alarm may have simply been the result of misinformation.

Google has debunked the recent reports that it was alerting its billions of Gmail users to a security breach. Google has debunked recent reports that it was alerting its billions of Gmail users to a security breach and urging them to reset their passwords.