Study: adding a recovery phone number to a Google Account can stop up to 100% of bot hijacking attempts, 96% of bulk phishing attacks, 76% of targeted attacks (Google Online Security Blog)

Google Online Security Blog:
Study: adding a recovery phone number to a Google Account can stop up to 100% of bot hijacking attempts, 96% of bulk phishing attacks, 76% of targeted attacks  —  Every day, we protect users from hundreds of thousands of account hijacking attempts.  Most attacks stem from automated bots …