{"id":6946,"date":"2017-05-05T18:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clone4.10pearls.com\/?p=6946"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:56:31","slug":"why-the-google-docs-phish-caught-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10pearls.com\/uk\/blog\/why-the-google-docs-phish-caught-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Google Docs phish caught fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Hesse, 10Pearls\u2019 Chief Security Officer, has&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitemagazine.com\/blog\/why-the-google-docs-phish-caught-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">contributed an article to Website Magazine<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;entitled, \u201cWhy the Google Docs Phish Caught Fire.\u201d On May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2017, a phishing attack affected over a million Gmail users, despite the fact that Google shut down the vulnerability in less than an hour after they became aware of it. 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