Thousands of Gmail accounts accidentally wiped
Found on BBC News on Sunday, 27 February 2011

As well as missing e-mails, many reported that their contacts had also disappeared.
In a statement, Google said: "This is affecting less than .08% of our Gmail user base, and we've already fixed the problem for some individuals."
He told BBC News that although service was being restored, many users were angry about the way the outage had been handled.
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