Had this same issue: thankfully managed eventually to regain access (by temporarily re-invigorating an old half-working phone) but have since moved all essentia

Had this same issue: thankfully managed eventually to regain access (by temporarily re-invigorating an old half-working phone) but have since moved all essentials off Google. Absolutely outrageously dangerous system, no way I can trust that service with anything remotely essential again.