HACKED - How to Protect Your Google Ads Account

About this episode

This episode discusses the risks of Google Ads account hacking and advanced phishing tactics targeting agencies.

Imagine waking up to find your entire agency’s Google Ads Manager account has been compromised. In just minutes, hackers can remove your employees, lock out your clients, and rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent spend. In this urgent episode of Inside Google Ads, host Jyll Saskin Gales pulls back the curtain on the sophisticated phishing tactics currently targeting agencies and high-level practitioners. We move beyond the basic advice of "use a strong password" to break dow...

People in this episode

Host: Jyll Saskin Gales

Topics covered

• Google Ads
• account security
• phishing tactics
• digital marketing
• fraud prevention

Keywords

• Google Ads
• account security
• phishing
• fraudulent spend
• digital marketing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google Ads, Google Ads Manager, agencies

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