Phishing Scam Targets Google Talk

It seems Google can’t catch a break. Just hours after Google’s Gmail service was hit by an outage that lasted several hours, Google Talk became the victim of a phishing scam. Users of the instant messaging service received a TinyURL link that appeared to be from friends on their buddy lists. When a user clicked the link, it would take him to a webpage that asked for his Google username and password. After doing so, the program would send similar messages to everyone on the user’s contact list. While many consumers

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