Gmail Bug Compromises the Cloud

If you don't already believe in the poofy white safety of the cloud...

Published February 28, 20112:00 PM EST1 minute read

If you don't already believe in the poofy white safety of the cloud... keep disbelieving. A Gmail bug has deleted the inboxes, contact lists, folders, tags, and the like of over 150 000 users.

At time of writing, Google has confirmed that it's been able to fix the problem for some users:

"A very small number users are having difficulty accessing their Gmail accounts, and in some cases once they're in, trouble viewing e-mails. This is affecting less than .08% of our Gmail user base, and we've already fixed the problem for some users. Our engineers are working as quickly as possible and we hope to have everything back to normal as soon as possible. We're very sorry for the inconvenience."

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