More than 1 million phones infected in Google cyber attack

One of the largest breaches ever of Google accounts was uncovered on Wednesday, with cyber criminals reportedly infecting more than one million Android phones worldwide, stealing credentials and installing malicious software.

Uncovered by security software company Check Point, the attack is dubbed “Gooligan” and continues to infect over 13,000 phones every day.

The company believes the breach to be the largest Google account breach to date.

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The malware comes from third-party applications installed outside of Google’s Play Store, and only affects phones running on version four and version five of the Android operating system.