Android Phones and Gmail Hacking?

[caribouranch]

I've seen quite a few people with this problem lately, and I just wanted to say that I've had my current Gmail account for quite a while now, with no issues at all. HOWEVER, I recently upgrade to a Droid 2 four days ago, and the same day, I had a "suspicious activity" alert in my Gmail account. I am in Oregon, and Gmail reported that someone accessed my account from the IP address 69.10.177.138. I looked this up online, and it looks to be located in San Francisco, California. I immediately changed my password, and signed out any other sessions that might be accessing my Gmail account. However, I'm still a bit worried about using my Gmail account on my Droid phone now because of this. The reason is, a while ago I had a Droid Eris, and the Gmail account that I used for that one got hacked to as well, except for they changed my password so I actually had to recover my account. So, the odds of this happening twice each time I set up a new Droid phone concerns me. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this issue, or is Google aware of it? And also, I guess, "why" is it happening? I only use my Gmail account on my Mac through my Mail program, and I have anti-virus scanners, and I don't have the same password for any websites either. So, I'm pretty paranoid about not giving out my password. LOL.

Any ideas?

For now, I am just going to factory reset my Droid 2 and put a different Gmail account on it (one I've created just for the Droid 2 itself).

 

[Rachel A]

I guess you have a Motoroloa Droid or the like perhaps?

Here's the IP details:

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NetRange: 69.10.176.0 - 69.10.191.255
CIDR: 69.10.176.0/20
OriginAS:
NetName: MOTOROLA-BLUR
NetHandle: NET-69-10-176-0-1
Parent: NET-69-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
RegDate: 2010-04-01
Updated: 2010-04-01
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-69-10-176-0-1

OrgName: Motorola Inc
OrgId: MOTOR-34
Address: 809 11th Ave
City: Sunnyvale
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94089
Country: US
RegDate: 2009-05-04
Updated: 2010-03-11
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/MOTOR-34

OrgNOCHandle: MBN9-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Motorola BLUR NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-408-541-6880
OrgNOCEmail: [Email Removed]
OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/MBN9-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: DKE141-ARIN
OrgTechName: Kekai, Daniel
OrgTechPhone: +1-408-541-6825
OrgTechEmail: [Email Removed]
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/DKE141-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: CBE159-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Beck, Chris
OrgAbusePhone: +1-408-541-6752
OrgAbuseEmail: [Email Removed]
OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/CBE159-ARIN

RTechHandle: DKE141-ARIN
RTechName: Kekai, Daniel
RTechPhone: +1-408-541-6825
RTechEmail: [Email Removed]
RTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/DKE141-ARIN

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Read more: http://www.whatismyip.com/tools/ip-whois-lookup.asp#ixzz105ehH7pX

Guess it may be MotoBlur getting the email on your behalf?

R

 

[caribouranch]

I have a Droid 2. Does it pull email from that IP address every time I get mail? Because, Gmail also lists IMAP (which is my Mac) and Mobile IP addresses (which I thought was my Droid). But the Mobile IP address is different than the one I posted.

 

[Rachel A]

For that I'd have to defer to a fellow Motorola Droid user to comment on ('m an HTC fanatic myself).

However on the plus side I think your account details are safe (at least, for now!)

Rachel

 

[AndroidSPCS]

What is the ip address of your phone? Gmail reports the mobile iP address of the phone, which can be based any where depending on your carrier / phone.

Also, any 3rd party apps, ie email apps that you're using?

 

[caribouranch]

my phone ip address is 70.196.5.93.

all I am using is the Gmail email application on the Droid 2.

that's why I was wondering about the 69.10.177.138 address.

 

[Rachel A]

Given though that the Organizational Name behind the IP is "Motorola Blur" I'd think it fair to assume that it might be how stock Blur works.

However not having a Motorola myself I can't comment, only observe.

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