This is a disaster if true. According to some user reports, Google Talk appears to be delivering messages to the wrong recipients.

Some Google Talk users have reported that users outside of their contact list are receiving the messages. Not good. What if the messages were meant to be private?

The glitch seems to be affecting users who haven't upgraded to Hangouts but it's not clear what the cause of the problem is.

Perhaps the good old telephone call would be best right now. Back to basics! [Google via Verge]