Google confirms fraudulent account created in law enforcement portal

Google has confirmed that hackers created a fraudulent account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) platform that law enforcement uses to submit official data requests to the company.

“We have identified that a fraudulent account was created in our system for law enforcement requests and have disabled the account,” Google told BleepingComputer.

“No requests were made with this fraudulent account, and no data was accessed.”

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