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"100% of these emails were automatically classified as spam and blocked by Gmail," Huntley said in the statement. "As we always do, we sent those people who were targeted government backed attacker warnings. Google has been sending these types of warnings since 2012. In a 2018 blog, Huntley explained Google's approach when it comes to sending these warnings. The idea is to tell "a small minority of users in all corners of the world" that they are being targeted by government hacking groups such as APT28 or others. At the time, Huntley said that Google shows "thousands of these warnings every month."Have you received one of these warnings recently? We’d love to hear from you. You can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, OTR chat at lorenzofb@jabber.ccc.de, or email lorenzofb@vice.com
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