Error-bnb: Techies scramble to fix Airbnb website bug that let strangers read each others' account messages

2020-09-26 00:06

Airbnb says it has fixed a baffling bug in its website that briefly caused some of its users to be shown messages belonging to others when viewing their account inboxes.

While it seemed to be Airbnb hosts publicly reporting encountering the blunder, the biz would not confirm exactly who had been hit, only saying it was "a small subset of users" who had their inboxes shown to strangers.

"On Thursday, a technical issue resulted in a small subset of users inadvertently viewing limited amounts of information from other users' accounts," an Airbnb spinner told The Register.

A quick glance at the Airbnb message board on Reddit from Thursday morning shows just how stressful the brief leak was for many users.

Airbnb URGENT - Seems like Airbnb is glitching out on desktop.

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