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Info-stealers can steal cookies for permanent access to your Google account


Several info-stealers have incorporated an exploit that allows them to gain permanent access to your Google account

Hackers have found a way to gain unauthorized access to Google accounts, bypassing any multi-factor authentication (MFA) the user may have set up. Since the discovery of the exploit, numerous white and black hat security researchers have looked into and discussed the issue. Authentication cookies are in essence pieces of data that the browser sends to a site to identify the user and check whether they are logged in.

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