British Broadcasting CorporationHome Accessibility links Skip to content Skip to area navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Benefit Accessibility Allow 28 February 2011 Final up-to-date at 16:21 GMT Thousands of Gmail accounts accidentally wiped Hundreds of Gmail customers happen to be left with empty inboxes following their accounts had been accidentally wiped clear. And even lacking e-mails, a lot of noted that their contacts had also disappeared. Google, which operates Gmail,
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