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The popular third-party email client Edison Mail recently granted a small number of iOS users access to email addresses that didn’t belong to them. This wasn’t a hack or leak, but a bug—and a pretty freaking big one.

The error was caused by a recent update that Edison assures was only pushed to a “small percentage” of users. The update included a new account sync feature that, for whatever reason, synced random email accounts to unrelated data and allowed users full access to strangers’ inboxes, contacts and other information without, no sign-in needed. It just sorta...happened...