Phishing attack hits Google docs and the hack is spreading like wildfire

Recipients who fell for scam gave attackers access to their Google email messages and contact list

An unusual computer attack that mimicked Google’s cloud-based document software spread across US news organizations and other institutions on Wednesday.

The attack involved malicious emails masquerading as a message from Google Docs, often sent from a known source. Recipients who clicked on the embedded link and then clicked yes on a follow-up link inadvertently gave the attackers access to their Google email messages and contact list, said Matt Tait, a cybersecurity expert based in the U.K. who researched the incident. That access was then used to send more malicious emails to addresses found in the victim’s contact list, Mr. Tait