Google.Chat

Description

This indicates an attempt to access Google Chat.
Google Chat is previously known as Google Hangouts Chat, which is the business version of the classic Google Hangouts. It has been rebranded in April 2020. It provides team-based collaboration services similar to Slack, and as of April 2021, it has become available for free service for all Google account users.

Affected Products

Google Chat

Impact

Network bandwidth consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Application Dependencies

• Google.Accounts
• Google_Login
• Google_Login.Personal
• Google_Login.Workspace

Default Ports

• TCP/80
• TCP/443
• UDP/443

References

• https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en_ca/products/chat