Google has warned Google Apps administrators that private Whois records have been exposed. The leak, which affects more than 282,000 domains, places contacts for those domains at greater risk of identity theft attacks and spam campaigns, Cisco says. Google blamed the data breach on “a software defect in the Google Apps domain renewal system,” which deactivated related privacy settings. Cisco: “This information will be available permanently as a number of services keep Whois information archived” Google didn’t comment on how users might mitigate related threats.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/google-leaked-whois-data-a-8011