GMail Security Alert

Been getting this GMail security alert for a couple of times last week and I thought it was just a bug. GMail is reporting that someone else from another IP has logged into my account but could not give more details.

Here’s what the alert looks like when it appears on the top of the GMail Inbox.

I thought it was just an API access or something, like Feedburner or a Chrome extension. It happened again and originated from another country. Looks like it’s not a hack or breach since I am still able to login to my Google accounts. However, just to be safe, I’ve also changed my password.

IN any case, it’s a nice security feature in GMail that I only bumped into just now. Has anyone experienced the same lately?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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35 Comments

Drey says:

14 years ago

Nope.. haven’t sir yuga… im using a main client.. does that help at all?
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Drey says:

14 years ago

Nope.. wla pa po sir yuga.. i use a mail client does that help at all? no?
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tipler says:

14 years ago

you may want to change/check your alternative email address and secret questions, those might have been set up as back doors even if you change your password. best to change secret questions and password at the same time IMO.
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ella says:

14 years ago

yep, someone from china tried accessing my account:)
and sending spam to my contacts
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Patrick says:

14 years ago

If you have allowed some notification tool access to your gmail inbox, then that may be it since it shows “Atom feed” as the access type. But yeah, I would change my password just the same if this happened to me. You can never be too safe here.
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Jon says:

14 years ago

I check the stats from gmail every now and then. I agree, changing the password is the best thing to do. Have you tried doing some research on the IP accessing your account?
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Patrick says:

14 years ago

Got it. Looked up the IPs using ip-lookup.net and they all are from Netvibes. I used that service also to check my Gmail account before.
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MrOrange says:

14 years ago

I’d suggest you change your password. That happened to me 4 months ago. affected 2 of 3 of my Gmail accounts and am even using Mozilla thunderbird.
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deuts says:

14 years ago

Fortunately that has not happenend to me yet. If I were you, I would surely be alarmed the same.
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iPimp says:

14 years ago

Is a form of this notification available for mail clients? I never use the web-based Gmail.
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