Possible YouTube Security Lapse

 By 
Pete Cashmore
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Possible YouTube Security Lapse
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A Mashable reader writes to say that he conducted a search last night on YouTube, only to find he'd been logged into a stranger's account when the results appeared. The search results were for a different term, too - a search for UK popstar "Mika" delivered results for "Balzac".

More importantly, he was now logged in to an account called "growburn13", and had the ability to edit that user's settings, view his messages and the rest. The URL, as you can see in the screenshot, is for a Mika video. How did this British YouTuber become logged in to the account of this 26 year-old based in Louisiana (discovered via his MySpace page)? We're trying to contact the account owner to see what he knows, but I think we can assume this was some kind of glitch - albeit a pretty worrisome one. Let us know if you've seen anything similar.

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