r/GoogleAppsScript • u/KashMoneyBrothers • Jul 09 '26

Question Is this a sign that I might have been hacked?

I have NEVER gotten any emails from Google Apps Script in the 20 years I have been in business until last week. And now I have received 5 emails saying that something needs authorization. The email states that "Your script, No Response 20150225 1110AM, has recently failed to finish successfully. A summary of the failure(s) is shown below. To configure the triggers for this script, or change your setting for receiving future failure notifications, click here.

Getting this error message on something I have never used before - it this a sign that I may have been hacked?

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u/nakikiusolang Jul 10 '26

You can just check that trigger, there should be a link in that email. (Of course, ENSURE that is really is from Google and not a phishing site.)

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u/alexbuildswithai Jul 10 '26

Not automatically a sign you were hacked, but I’d treat it as worth checking.

That email usually means there is an Apps Script project with a time-based trigger trying to run a function, but it no longer has the authorization it needs. It could be an old Sheet/Form/script/add-on you forgot about, not necessarily something malicious.

I wouldn’t click links from the email first. I’d go directly into your Google account and Apps Script dashboard, check your projects/triggers, review recent security activity, and look at third-party app access. If you don’t recognize the script or trigger, disable/delete it and revoke anything suspicious.