Sunday, January 26, 2014

Gmail bug sent Hotmail user thousands of unwanted emails

<p>Google has reportedly fixed a bug with its Gmail service that sent a user thousands of unwanted e-mails.</p><p>The bug allowed auto-fill of e-mail address in Gmail when accessed from the Google Search results page and affected the Hotmail account of David S. Peck.</p><p>According to Cnet, it was discovered that Google filled in another person's e-mail address in a new Gmail message whenever anybody signed into a Google account and clicked on the top Gmail sub-link in Google Search results for Gmail.</p><p>Unfortunately, the receiver of the unsolicited e-mails was Peck, whose Hotmail address had been auto-filled.</p><p><a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-gmail-bug-sent-hotmail-user-thousands-of-unwanted-emails-1956763">Keep reading...</a></p>

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