Google unwittingly disclosed sensitive login and password information of more than a dozen users, opening up a can of worms for the search giant by exposing a flaw in its anti-phishing tool. The security snafu was discovered in Google’s anti-phishing extension for the Firefox Web browser, according to security vendor Finjan, which first discovered the vulnerability on Jan. 3. The extension accidentally gathered some users’ e-mail addresses and passwords, and then posted the information on the company’s online phishing blacklist.
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Google Accidentally Exposes User Data
Posted by: Tim Gray January 23, 2007 03:53 PMGoogle unwittingly disclosed sensitive login and password information of more than a dozen users, opening up a can of worms for the search giant by exposing a flaw in its anti-phishing tool. The security snafu was discovered in Google’s anti-phishing extension for the Firefox Web browser, according to security vendor Finjan, which first discovered the vulnerability on Jan. 3. The extension accidentally gathered some users’ e-mail addresses and passwords, and then posted the information on the company’s online phishing blacklist.