{"id":23729,"date":"2018-10-09T05:28:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/09\/google-to-shutdown-google-after-bug-exposes-private-data-of-500-000-accounts\/"},"modified":"2018-10-09T05:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T03:28:39","slug":"google-to-shutdown-google-after-bug-exposes-private-data-of-500-000-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/google-to-shutdown-google-after-bug-exposes-private-data-of-500-000-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to Shutdown Google+ After Bug Exposes Private Data of 500,000 Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 09-10-2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google says it\u2019s shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as many as 500,000 accounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US internet giant says it will &#8220;sunset&#8221; the Google+ social network for consumers that failed to gain meaningful traction after being launched in 2011 as a challenge to Facebook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AFP reports that a Google spokesperson cited &#8220;significant challenges in creating and maintaining a successful Google+ that meets consumers&#8217; expectations&#8221; along with &#8220;very low usage&#8221; as the reasons for the move.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March, a security audit revealed a software bug that gave third-party apps access to Google+ private profile data people meant to share only with friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google says it\u2019s unable to confirm which accounts were affected by the bug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We found no evidence that any developer was aware of this bug, or abusing the API, and we found no evidence that any profile data was misused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google did not specify how long the software flaw existed, or why it waited to disclose it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 09-10-2018 \u00a0 Google says it\u2019s shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as many as 500,000 accounts. 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