Skype Privacy Bug Sends Messages to Other Contacts
Skype may send instant messages to unintended recipients
Skype users are taking to its support forums to warn that some instant messages from one contact are being sent to an unintended recipient on that user's contact list. It appears the bug may have stemmed from a Skype upgrade last month, according to the support thread. "SunnyLady78" kicked off the thread by noting how "surprised" and "shocked" she was to find that messages sent to one person ended up being read by another one of her contacts.
A Skype community manager named "Claudius" left a note in reply to the thread informing Skype users that the company was investigating "Thanks for your reports and sorry for the inconvenience caused by this. We are currently investigating and hope to provide a solution for this soon". Skype became a Microsoft division on October 13, a week after European antitrust authorities approved the buy-out following an $8.5 billion bid in early 2011. A Skype spokesperson confirmed the bug in an emailed statement and said the firm would get to the bottom of it.
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