Google Hangouts / GoogleTalk sending messages to wrong people

[drmike]

Several users have found that since around 4pm AEST this afternoon, messages sent over Google Hangouts and GTalk have been sent erroneously to the wrong recipients.

...When contacted for comment, a Google spokesperson told ZDNet: "We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Talk. We're sorry for the inconvenience. For further updates please refer to the Apps Status Dashboard." 

[source: http://www.zdnet.com/google-hangoutsgtalk-glitch-sends-chats-to-wrong-recipients-7000021195/ ]

 

[concerto49]

Yeah the gmail outage and now this. Meh.

 

[matt[scrdspd]]

messages sent over Google Hangouts and GTalk have been sent erroneously to the wrong recipients.

Well that could go badly very fast.

 

[MannDude]

Well, that'd be weird. I used to spend a lot of time in Google Hangouts. Would be weird to have someone I didn't want to join wrongly get an invite and pop in...

"Oh hey... what are you doing here? Who invited this guy? Oh, I did? Fuck."

 

[Echelon]

"I meant to message my secret family, not my real one. Damn!"