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Gmail is under attack. That phrase should send shivers down your spine if you are one of the more than 3 billion people who use the world’s most popular email platform. The latest in a long line of threat campaigns is particularly dangerous in that it appears to come from Google itself. But with threat actors continually changing-up their attack methodologies, becoming increasingly more sophisticated thanks to the use of AI, and even employing automatic password hacking machines in their attacks, the danger to your email account and the data it unlocks continues to mount. Google is, of course, fighting back with upgraded security protections but the danger continues. If you fall victim to the latest Gmail hack attack, or any other that locks you out of your Google account, Google has said that you have seven days to get it back. Here’s what you need to know and do.