One of our agency partners had a nightmare scenario last week:
Their client’s Google Ads account was hacked.
In just 12 hours, $68,529 in fraudulent ad charges were accumulated before we helped them catch the scam and stopped the bleeding.
We’re now working with Google to help the agency recover the funds, but honestly, this kind of thing is tough to explain to a client.
And unless you’re actively monitoring every account with a real safety system… you’re rolling the dice.
Here’s how to stay protected:
Set up a daily budget alert that auto-pauses all campaigns if spend exceeds 2X your daily cap.
Sounds simple, right?
Sure—you know how to set up Google scripts.
Even if you know how to do scripts, guess what? If a bad actor gets into your account, they can just delete those scripts and alerts.
✅ Hard-coded daily budget protection that lives outside of Google Ads.
🚨 Real-time alerts if anyone tries to tamper with the token or API access.
🔐 Completely invisible to intruders. It can’t be turned off from inside the account.
It’s like having a security system outside the house, not just an alarm inside.
If you’re one of our white-label clients, you’re already protected. We bake this into every account we manage.
