Bug disables 150,000 Gmail accounts

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Gmail, with its huge storage capacity, is considered a store house of personal information for many, where many valuable informations are securely kept. But think twice before relying too much on keeping all your informations there alone.
Because, Google's email service has been affected with a bug and almost 150,000 Gmail account holders have reportedly lost their e-mail, attachments and Google Chat logs lost.
Google said it is investigating a glitch in the service of Gmail, which has caused the huge data lose for many users.
The bug reset the affected accounts and showed a welcome message to some users. Google said in a statement that the bug had affected less than 0.08 per cent of all Gmail users. Yes, percentage wise it is a small amount, but 150,000 not a small number too!
It said that their engineers are trying to solve the glitch and as soon as possible the accounts will be restored soon.
“Affected users will be temporarily unable to sign in while we repair their accounts. For those Gmail users reporting missing messages, our engineers are working to restore them as soon as possible,” Google said in a statement.

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