Google accidentally wipes 150,000 Gmail accounts

Google has confirmed that about 150,000 Gmail users around the world have had their accounts, including every email, application, contact and calendar information, deleted.
Many found that their accounts had been effectively reset, as they were greeted by the message Google welcomes new users with.

Google is spending several frantic hours trying to restore the service, used by an estimated 200million people.

Initial estimates were that 0.23% of all users were affected, but Google soon revised it down to 0.08%, or around 150,000 users.