Google Shuts Down Google+ For Consumers After Revealing Data Vulnerability

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The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March, but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data.

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Google is this why I got security warnings that said someone was trying to log in to my account from Taiwan?

Google what?

If they do it, they do it because of failure. But this way it sounds more professional:)

Nothing like cleaning up a mess wayyy.... after it became apparent that you should

That actually sounds better than “Google shuts down useless anti-social media platform”

Its all for sale anyway.

GOOD!

Oh no...😐

Google plus was still around?

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