Gmail delegation was turned on for the organization

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Google Workspace Audit Logs
Detection Modules	Identity Threat Module, SaaS Threat Detection
Detector Tags	Google Workspace
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Domain or Tenant Policy Modification (T1484)
Severity	Informational

Description

A Google Workspace admin turned on Gmail delegation for all the organization's users.

Attacker's Goals

Email Collection.

Investigative actions

• Check if the identity intended to perform this action or look for signs that the user account is compromised (e.g. abnormal logins, unusual activity).
• Check if any user in the organization granted other users access to their mail inbox.
• Follow further actions done by the account.