Anusha
12-29-2006, 11:48 PM
There are reports going around of mass email deletions in GMail, the cause is looking to be a security flaw in Firefox 2.0 that's fixed in 2.0.0.1. Now would be a good time to upgrade your browser if you haven't already!
Other Gmail users then added to the conversation, saying that their emails had been deleted as well. Most of the users reported using Firefox 2.0 and that Gmail was open in their browser when the deletions occured.
The cause of the problem isn’t clear. One user wrote that after the deletion they received the following message: “This is not a mistake. All your emails and contacts have been deleted on purpose. This was a malicious attack and not an error. Have a nice day. =)” One user pointed to a known security issue with Firefox 2.0, which was fixed in 2.0.0.1.
Luckily this only affected about 60 people.
Read the rest here. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/28/gmail-disaster-reports-of-mass-email-deletions/)
Source: Techcrunch
Other Gmail users then added to the conversation, saying that their emails had been deleted as well. Most of the users reported using Firefox 2.0 and that Gmail was open in their browser when the deletions occured.
The cause of the problem isn’t clear. One user wrote that after the deletion they received the following message: “This is not a mistake. All your emails and contacts have been deleted on purpose. This was a malicious attack and not an error. Have a nice day. =)” One user pointed to a known security issue with Firefox 2.0, which was fixed in 2.0.0.1.
Luckily this only affected about 60 people.
Read the rest here. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/28/gmail-disaster-reports-of-mass-email-deletions/)
Source: Techcrunch