Microsoft Teams users are getting the same mysterious 'FCM Messages' notifications that plagued Hangouts

Could be due to a vulnerability in Google's push notification servers

Just a few days ago, Hangouts users saw a number of mysterious "FCM Messages" test notifications, and now Microsoft Teams is exhibiting the same issue. The two incidents are likely linked, as they're connected to a recently published vulnerability in Google's push notification service Firebase Cloud Messaging (hence "FCM Messages"). Ultimately, the messages appear to be harmless (if annoying) for users, so you don't need to worry about the safety of your account or phone.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/27/microsoft-teams-users-are-getting-the-same-mysterious-fcm-messages-notifications-that-plagued-hangouts/

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IT blunder permanently erases 145,000 users' personal chats in KPMG's Microsoft Teams deployment – memo

'Microsoft has confirmed the Teams chat data is not recoverable'

Exclusive The personal chat histories of 145,000 Microsoft Teams users at KPMG were inadvertently and permanently deleted this month, thanks to an IT blunder.

That's according to an internal email by Global CIO John Applegate, seen by The Register today, to other IT leaders within the organization on Friday.

Evidently, the accountancy giant's Global Technology & Knowledge (GT&K) group attempted to remove a single user's account from an active retention policy on Saturday, August 15. But the operation didn't go as planned.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/24/kpmg_microsoft_teams/

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