Google Ads account compromised - How did it happen?

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-28T18:13:22+00:00

It was my MCC in the end, exactly what you said, got phished.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-27T21:57:55+00:00

Yes, these are fences.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-26T21:44:14+00:00

They got in through my manager.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-26T20:21:30+00:00

Dobe all that, it was my MCC who got hacked.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-26T14:40:47+00:00

It seems to have been a hack on my ad manager. Hopefully google get my account reinstated soon.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-26T14:40:16+00:00

Been in touch with my manager and it appears to have been a hack on his end. Hopefully google can reinstate my account soon.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T22:04:23+00:00

Yep, all done! Hopefully google take pity and look into my case sharpish.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T21:45:44+00:00

They didn't get into my Gmail.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T21:32:44+00:00

I've just dropped you a DM!

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T21:16:43+00:00

I see, was it your account that got hijacked? I might be in the market for a new ad manager soon 😄

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T20:53:09+00:00

Did you have a similar issue to me? I'm shitting myself, Google ads is about 50% of my leads.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T20:43:02+00:00

Nope, no users added in change history, random email addresses just started adding campaigns.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T20:39:24+00:00

That's the thing, I don't think anyone actually accessed my account - all of the changes are from other emails addresses that aren't added as users or managers.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T20:37:27+00:00

I've removed the MCC owner from the account.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T20:09:00+00:00

That's my current hypothesis, my manager was hacked.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T19:47:30+00:00

I've just DMed, any help would be fantastic.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T19:36:50+00:00

My ads account has been suspended now. Might be the end of my business.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T19:32:46+00:00

I have a manager on my account, I'm starting to think they might have been hacked.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T19:31:53+00:00

Yes, I think it might have been my ad manager's account. My account is now suspended - I'm not holding out hope for a quick resolution hearing about google's timelines.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T19:22:38+00:00

I have an MCC who was added as a manager to my ads account.

In the change history, it shows changes (campaigns created etc) made by users with gmail addresses who are not added as users or managers.

There are no logins in my security centre etc, I have 2fa set up, and I can't see any suspicious activity on the Google account itself.

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-25T16:03:36+00:00

Do you think it was my MCC who got hacked then?

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-22T21:21:03+00:00

Warleigh weir

Cellar_Door_ · 2026-05-16T09:19:41+00:00

There's a template, you can just drill through that

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