Google+ will close four months ahead of schedule due to a second security breach
"What starts badly, badly ends", seems to be the motto most applicable to Google+. The Mountain View company reported in October that the service would be closed because of the late detection of a detected security breach three years later with which developers could access private data from users.
Now, because it has found a second security breach that has affected 52.5 million users, Google+ will close in April instead of August, the date when its goodbye was originally planned.
Google advances four months the agony of a service that very few use
The information that could have been leaked due to a bug in a Google+ API, even for those users who had their status set to private, was the classic one: name, email, occupation, age, etc. In addition, third-party applications could also access profile information shared with other users privately. For the peace of mind of those who have sensitive information in the service, Google states that they have no proof that application developers have been able to take advantage of the problem in their favor.
In addition, it is ruled out that the bug originated that developers could access information such as financial data, identification numbers, passwords and other typical data that may be involved in theft of money or identity theft.
The hasty end of Google+ advances the agony
On the previous occasion, Google was saved from the GDPR by the campaign, but now could not delay the announcement of a vulnerability that has exposed the data of 52.5 million users, although according to the company has only been active for six days in November.
Now, with the GDPR already in force, people from within the company have told TechCrunch that having revealed it so quickly is due to "wanting to show more transparency". In addition, Google emphasizes the fact that "they are investing in their privacy programs to improve the internal process of privacy analysis," understanding that "their ability to build reliable products is what drives user confidence."
The goodbye of all Google+ APIs will occur in 90 days. The new decision does not affect Google+ for companies, a service that will remain active (although they do not offer a new approach for him from the perspective of the new breach).
Now, because it has found a second security breach that has affected 52.5 million users, Google+ will close in April instead of August, the date when its goodbye was originally planned.
Google advances four months the agony of a service that very few use
The information that could have been leaked due to a bug in a Google+ API, even for those users who had their status set to private, was the classic one: name, email, occupation, age, etc. In addition, third-party applications could also access profile information shared with other users privately. For the peace of mind of those who have sensitive information in the service, Google states that they have no proof that application developers have been able to take advantage of the problem in their favor.
In addition, it is ruled out that the bug originated that developers could access information such as financial data, identification numbers, passwords and other typical data that may be involved in theft of money or identity theft.
The hasty end of Google+ advances the agony
On the previous occasion, Google was saved from the GDPR by the campaign, but now could not delay the announcement of a vulnerability that has exposed the data of 52.5 million users, although according to the company has only been active for six days in November.
Now, with the GDPR already in force, people from within the company have told TechCrunch that having revealed it so quickly is due to "wanting to show more transparency". In addition, Google emphasizes the fact that "they are investing in their privacy programs to improve the internal process of privacy analysis," understanding that "their ability to build reliable products is what drives user confidence."
The goodbye of all Google+ APIs will occur in 90 days. The new decision does not affect Google+ for companies, a service that will remain active (although they do not offer a new approach for him from the perspective of the new breach).
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