Media outlets noticed that, while the added protection was announced on the same day as the attack, it "may not have prevented this week's attack, however, as that attack involved a malicious and fake "Google Docs" app that was hosted on Google's own domain".
Media outlet memperhatikan bahwa, sementara perlindungan tambahan diumumkan pada hari yang sama dengan serangan, itu "mungkin tidak mencegah serangan minggu ini, namun, karena serangan itu melibatkan aplikasi" Google Docs "yang jahat dan palsu yang di-host di domain Google sendiri".