damirUSBiH + 327 DD October 10, 2018 At least two U.S. states and two European Union member states are investigating a breach at Alphabet Inc’s Google that may have exposed private profile data of at least 500,000 users to hundreds of external developers.The investigations follow Google’s announcement on Monday that it would shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ and tighten its data-sharing policies after a “bug” potentially exposed user data that included names, email addresses, occupations, genders and ages. “We are aware of public reporting on this matter and are currently undertaking efforts to gain an understanding of the nature and cause of the intrusion, whether sensitive information was exposed, and what steps are being taken or called for to prevent similar intrusions in the future,” Jaclyn Severance, a spokeswoman for Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, said. Google said the issue was discovered and patched in March as part of a review of how Google shares data with other applications. No developer exploited the vulnerability or misused data, the company’s review found. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pavel + 384 PP October 10, 2018 It was a massive data breach, that they covered up. Hardly a glitch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
50 shades of black + 254 October 10, 2018 Can they look into RBC trying to cover up clients personal info being leaked too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
franco + 96 FM October 10, 2018 As I see, we have a new definition of 'Glitch' - Google exposes details of half a million users. Glitch is something completely different Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinto + 293 PZ October 10, 2018 These guys at Facebook and Google are doing all of this themselves - problem, reaction, solution.... I hope the sentence will be adequate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainman + 263 October 10, 2018 Honestly, I forgot Google+ existed. I had no idea Google Plus ever had 500,000 users. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderBlade + 231 TB October 10, 2018 Nobody was actually using Google + for social media Google just bundled it to try and compete with Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Petar + 76 PP October 10, 2018 G+ is connected to a lot of Google products, so better to say it was a glitch than admit it wasn't fun or useful? Probably both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Kirkman + 8,860 October 10, 2018 Dragonfly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites