Bug causes sending an EMail to thousands of users

Jamil - Dezember 5th, 2009
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Today a bug caused a big problem. A pinboard notification, that was meant to be send to a couple of users, was send by our system to thousand of users, that are not linked together. Everybody who got that E-Mail was able to see the other recipients E-Mail addresses.

We immediately disconnected the server, localized and fixed the bug.

Though the pinboard notification functionality, will stay deactivated, till extensive tests are done. And we are going to expand our safety measures to avoid such painful problems in the future.

We are really sorry and apologize to all concerned users. Our own standards are not compatible with such a bug.

Update: Function reenabled

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