Personal Information of 52.5 Million Exposed by New Google+ People API Bug


“With the discovery of this new bug, we have decided to expedite the shut-down of all Google+ APIs; this will occur within the next 90 days,” said David Thacker, G Suite Product Management VP. “In addition, we have also decided to accelerate the sunsetting of consumer Google+ from August 2019 to April 2019.”

Google discovered the bug in the Google+ People API during ongoing standard testing procedures, and it fixed it within a week of the issue being introduced.

Google found a new bug in the Google+ People API exposing the personal information of roughly 52.5 million following a software update introduced during November 2018.

Read more…
Source: Softpedia