We have learned that a transfer you sent or received was also delivered to some people it was not meant to go to. Not a good look from WeTransfer /Dh5Eu37Rwm- Jamie Brown June 21, 2019 The same day that the security notice appeared, Jamie Brown, CEO of fashion site Chicmi, tweeted a direct notification that WeTransfer had sent him: WeTransfer had blocked the links and logged users out of their accounts, it said. We are currently informing potentially affected users and have informed the relevant authorities. The issue began on 16 June 2019, the notice said, adding:Į-mails supporting our services were sent to unintended e-mail addresses. On 21 June 2019 WeTransfer posted a security notice warning of an incident it had discovered five days earlier on Monday 17 June 2019.
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It also offers a paid ‘Plus’ service that lets users password protect their files. The service, which became profitable in 2013, provides its free version through an advertising model. It has 50 million users sending a billion files each month, amounting to a Petabyte (1,000 Terabytes) of data. It’s an alternative to email services, which typically place limitations on file size. Popular file transfer service WeTransfer faces embarrassment this week after admitting that it has mailed file links to the wrong users.įounded in 2009, WeTransfer enables users to transfer large files between each other for free.
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