While Google has dropped some Chrome bombs in the past few weeks, Gmail users have struggled. And it got much worse.
Gmail’s spam filter is sending potentially dangerous messages directly to users’ inboxes
Picked up by the ever-excellent Android Police, Gmail appears to be experiencing a widespread problem with its email filters that is causing potentially dangerous messages, exploiters and NSFWs to be sent directly to users’ inboxes. Furthermore, while Google has recently recognized Gmail’s issues “affecting a significant subset of users”, it now lists the service as fully operational, when looking at Reddit or Twitter makes it clear that this is far from being the case.
“Why were the gmail spam filters broken?” – source
“Did the spam filter and gmail category feature completely shut down for someone else? Now everything goes directly to the main inbox. “- source
“Are the @ gmail spam filters broken? I’ve had a sudden influx of some crazy #NSFW spam in my inbox! What’s going on #Gmail? – source
“It’s a strangely comforting thing that I can only search for ‘gmail’ and Twitter immediately provides me with evidence that yes, others are being strangely hit by spam right now” – source
For tech experts, a flurry of spam reaching your inbox is something you can navigate. But everyday users could get caught up in some of the more sophisticated malware and exploitation strategies these emails can contain. After all, there is a reason why Gmail (generally) works so hard to keep these messages from your inbox.
I have contacted Google about this and will update the post when I know more.
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