Now, Gmail Attacked By Russian Attackers! Is Your Password Safe? 

Thursday, September 11, 2014:  Over 4.93 million Google accounts passwords with e-mail ids were poured out by Russian hackers. The account details are posted bitcoin forum btcsec.com by a user named Tvskit. The same password have access to all Google products of the user like Google Drive, Google Plus, Gmail, Youtube, Maps etc.

Tvskit informed on the forum that around 60 per cent of the passwords are still active. However, Google disproved it by saying only 2 per cent of accounts are currently active. They have told that the automatic anti-hijacking systems have blocked many login attempts.

Google says, “Often, these credentials are obtained through a combination of other sources. For instance, if you reuse the same username and password across websites,

and one of those websites gets hacked, your credentials could be used to log into the others. Or attackers can use malware or phishing schemes to capture login credentials."

Concerned with the security issue, it even suggested users to check the security settings. Though its twitter account they stated, “Gmail accounts are safe http://goo.gl/2pbw6z but it’s always good to take a minute & check your security settings → http://g.co/accountcheckup.”