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Just tried, first screen:

"Account disabled 'myemail@gmail.com', We noticed unusual activity in your Google Account and locked it to protect your information. Learn more" and a button "Try to restore".

And now I got: "Too many failed attempts, Unavailable because of too many failed attempts. Try again in a few hours.".

At least I got a new message.

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Yeah... this is consistent with my experience. Try to keep calm and actually try again in a few hours.

It sounds like you have 2FA enabled so an account takeover is very unlikely. It sounds like you haven't violated the TOS in some egregious way, so actual ban is unlikely.

Most likely is there's some type of crazy cookie thing going on that is causing the auth system to vomit. It's shocking that this happens, but alas.

Also make sure you’re not on a VPN when trying any of this.

Seriously, just take the messages at face value. Better headline would have been "Google proactively protected my 10 years of private data after some villains tried to steal it".

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