All email is subject to being hacked, not just Gmail. Here are a few tips to relieve concern about spoofing, including how Google users can connect securely to Gmail.
Spoofing
Spoofing occurs when your email account is hacked and used to send a spam message to all your contacts.
A friend’s Gmail account was spoofed this week. Below is the message sent to all of her contacts:
DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH A MESSAGE!
Spoofed email messages also revealed every address in the victim’s contact list!
She called Google, changed her password, and deleted all her contacts. What a mess! (more…)