Originally Posted by
nerd
So if a dictionary attack was not the mechanism, what was?
You're in IT and maybe can explain these things better. Would it mean that someone was intercepting traffic somewhere and watching your login credentials fly by? Or someone was able to access your account info from a leak on Google's end?
In my case, I would assume a brute-force attack, but it's hard to imagine Google doesn't have protections in place against that. I do force https, so it's hard to know. Maybe I used a friend's computer that had malware or keylogger or something. To be honest, the only way to be completely safe is to not use email. ;-)