Indian police to question Google over 500,000 fake Gmail accounts
Police in Gujarat, western India, are set to question Google after uncovering a criminal network that allegedly created more than 500,000 fake Gmail accounts to send bomb threats to government offices. One of the threats was timed to coincide with this months BRICS summit in New Delhi. Exactly 513,847 Gmail logins in use since 2022 Police recovered 513,847 Gmail usernames and passwords from the network, Reuters reported. Two suspects have been arrested, and investigators believe the accounts had been in use since 2022. Discover more Choose POS Systems NEWS Trade Crypto Assets Gujarat police cybercrime official Vivek Bheda told Reuters that investigators had never encountered an operation on this scale. Police plan to write to Google and push for policy changes that would make its safeguards harder to bypass, while also formally naming the company as a subject of the investigation. Hoax email days before BRICS meeting The probe began after Gujarats state government received a bomb threat by email on September 10, Reuters reported. The message came just days before BRICS leaders met in New Delhi and also threatened countries working with India during the summit, according to police. Police found no explosives and later determined that the threat was a complete hoax. The criminal group also allegedly sent









