Google has responded about the reports that there is a flaw in the Gmail system which let to a rash of domain hijacks.

“With help from affected users, we determined that the cause was a phishing scheme, a common method used by malicious actors to trick people into sharing their sensitive information. Attackers sent customized emails encouraging web domain owners to visit fraudulent websites such as “google-hosts.com” that they set up purely to harvest usernames and passwords,” said in a blog post by Google security researcher Chris Evans.

Source: The Register