Alphabet Shuts Google+ Social Site After User Data Exposed

Alphabet Shuts Google+ Social Site After User Data Exposed
A woman and her child play on a Google sign in Shanghai on Sept. 26, 2018. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers by a bug that was present for more than two years in its systems.

The company said in a blog on Oct. 8 it had discovered and patched the leak in March of this year and had no evidence of misuse of user data or that any developer was aware or had exploited the vulnerability.