Mark Cuban's Gmail account hacked by caller posing as Google employee
Mark Cuban's Gmail account used for public email was hacked after he received a call from someone impersonating a Google employee. The attack used a technique that impersonated Google's account recovery process. The incident came to light on June 23, 2024.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Mark Cuban's Gmail account compromised
- Cause / method
- Phone phishing impersonating a Google employee and the account recovery process
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that Mark Cuban's Gmail account had been hacked after he received a call from someone impersonating a Google employee.
- Further details of the hacking of Mark Cuban's Google account and email were reported.
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