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Google shuts down a big security problem it seems that if it's a day that ends in the word day there's some kind of new scam happening on May 3rd a phishing scam tried to get people to give up access to their Google accounts here's how the scam worked as detailed by reddit user Jake steam he received an email about a shared Google Doc when he clicked the link he was taken to a real Google account selection screen then he was asked to allow Google Docs access to his account upon clicking Google Docs it showed it was published by a random Gmail account the holder of that random accounts would have access to the affected account Google says it has shut down the scam in a series of tweets the company says it is disabled the offending accounts removed fake pages and pushed updates through Safe Browsing in a statement Google said the scam affected fewer than 0.1% of Gmail users if you want to see which apps have access to your account you can visit Google security checkup for more information check out cnet.com mi as act hardened I'll see you online