Valentine’s Day is a high-pressure event dreaded by millions—precisely the type of holiday you may not want to relive, unless you sell flowers for a living. But that’s exactly what happened to many people across the United States on Thursday, when they awoke to find that their phones had suddenly sent or received text messages originally intended to be sent around February 14. The problem appears to have affected a wide range of devices and carriers, and has since been resolved, according to Sprint and T-Mobile. AT&T and Verizon did not respond to a request for comment.
A number of people whose phones apparently sent the text messages reported they couldn’t see them on their own phones, leading them to wonder whether they had been hacked or if they were experiencing some other security problem. “Someone texted my wife using my phone number. The text does not show up in my outbox. How do I stop this,” one Reddit user asked. “Why did my phone send a text without me knowing?????” another person on Reddit posted.
Other people reported awkward text interactions with people they'd otherwise lost contact with. “Y’all... my damn phone apparently delivered a text to my ex at 5am this morning that was supposed to be sent in FEBRUARY. The universe wants me to fail,” a woman named Jamie people mysterious valentine texts today
