Sign in to your account by typing the address for the log-in page manually, or by using a link you've saved yourself, not after linking to a login-page provided by someone else (such as a link in an e-mail you've received). This step might have thwarted the recent hacker attacks.
In this case, hackers didn't actually worm their way into a Google's database of users. Instead, the perpetrators seem to have lured people to a fake website that looked close enough to an actual log-in page for Gmail to trick users into typing in their passwords.
Why is Christian Science in our name?
Why is Christian Science in our name?
Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.
The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.
Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.
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