Today my girlfriend received an email from Gmail saying:
Someone recently tried to sign in to your Google Account, @gmail.com. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:
May 9, 2012 12:28pm GMT
IP Address: 79.108.244.5
Location: Valencia, SpainIf you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw
Sincerely,
The Google Accounts Team
I have changed the password.
Is there anything else we can do?
She has an iPhone; could there be a security issue with this?
Facebook and Instagram are her most used apps.
Best Answer
Yes. You can make the email ID more secure by turning on two-step authentication. More details here. It might be a bit bothersome for your girlfriend at first. But it might bother her more if her account gets hacked.