![]() ![]() Google Drive users have been reporting how their data has disappeared, as their accounts appear to have been reset to a status from May 2023. MORE FROM FORBES Hackers Target Gmail-Secure Your Account Now With These 3 Steps By Davey Winderġ1/28 update: While data from inactive Google accounts, including Google Photos and Gmail content, is likely to be deleted from December 1, other Google-held data appears to have already gone missing in action, according to some users. I suspect that there are additional reasons behind the change to the inactive account policy, not least the cost of storing all that apparently unwanted data. ![]() A compromised Google account is akin to the keys of the online kingdom for a threat actor, although the value of an abandoned account could be argued to be much less than an active one. I would advise you complete the Google Account Security Checkup when you sign into an inactive account so as to ensure it is properly protected. Google itself says that it has internal data that suggests these inactive accounts are, in fact, “10x less likely than active accounts” to be using 2FA. As Ruth Kricheli, a vice president of product management at Google, said in a May 2023 update, "If an account hasn't been used for an extended period of time, it is more likely to be compromised.” This might sound like something of a stretch, but it does make sense, as older accounts are less likely to have things such as two-factor authentication running. The official reason is that of improving security. Contributor Why Is Google Deleting Gmail And Photos Content? ![]()
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