{"id":912,"date":"2018-10-10T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2018-10-16T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:56:01","slug":"google-plus-shutdown-after-data-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/ta\/google-plus-shutdown-after-data-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Plus will be no more after data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The bug in Google&#8217;s developer platform on Google Plus left users&#8217;s information, it was found out about in the March itself.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it found no evidence the data had been improperly accessed or misused.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-exposed-user-data-feared-repercussions-of-disclosing-to-public-1539017194?emailToken=10e5e7280fedeeca0c8165762f7718f6gRqmhtOepEm4DkSQKEnj\/EA836So7DJnFFBEixiRpN1a+WIgXHOLS3yB5HO+3tGKbORTHlOZYwx9kQgRXUEopTzJnsVOYiDQJNUkS9CMp7Y8Mq4Q25\/FwZ7pJZqgKBPSDHqv5dSK8+xrw+WVn7Sjow%3D%3D&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em>, Google discovered a \u201csoftware glitch\u201d earlier this year that allowed third-party developers access to some 500,000 private profile data since 2015, including \u201cfull names, email addresses, birth dates, gender, profile photos, places lived, occupation and relationship status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a lot of exposed data. And to make matters worse, Google found out about it in the spring and decided not to tell anyone, says report.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 438 different third-party applications may have had access to private information due to the bug, but Google apparently has no way of knowing whether they did because it only maintains logs of API use for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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 Ben Smith, the vice-president of engineering, wrote in the blogpost.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8119669036755117\" data-ad-slot=\"5446304277\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now Google+, which was already a ghost town largely abandoned or never inhabited by users, has become a massive liability for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Google parent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/?symbol=GOOGL\">Alphabet<\/a> fell more than 2 percent immediately after the report before paring some losses. The stock was last seen roughly 1 percent down.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes from a damning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-exposed-user-data-feared-repercussions-of-disclosing-to-public-1539017194?mod=e2twd\">Wall Street Journal report<\/a> that said Google is expected to announce<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/technology\/safety-security\/project-strobe\/\"> a slew of privacy reforms<\/a> today in response to the bug. Google made that announcement about the findings of its Project Strobe security audit minutes after the WSJ report was published. The changes include stopping most third-party developers from accessing Android phone SMS data, call logs and some contact info. Gmail will restrict building add-ons to a small number of developers. Google+ will cease all its consumer services while winding down over the next 10 months with an opportunity for users to export their data while Google refocuses on making G+ an enterprise product.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_917\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-917\" class=\"wp-image-917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security.jpg\" alt=\"Google plus shutsdown\" width=\"680\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security.jpg 680w, https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security-320x150.jpg 320w, https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security-20x9.jpg 20w, https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security-385x182.jpg 385w, https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Google-security-600x283.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google account permission<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Google also will change its Account Permissions system for giving third-party apps access to your data such that you have to confirm each type of access individually rather than all at once. Gmail Add-Ons will be limited to those \u201cdirectly enhancing email functionality,\u201d including email clients, backup, CRM, mail merge and productivity tools.<\/p>\n<p>Google is shutting down its Google Plus social service for consumers, the company said. The service has long seen low usage, the company said, with 90 percent of Google Plus user sessions lasting fewer than 5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Google Plus will wind down over the next 10 months, the company said. Users will be able to download and migrate their data to another service. The enterprise version of Google Plus will remain active.<\/p>\n<p>Since the bug and subsequent security hole started in 2015 and was discovered in March before Europe\u2019s GDPR went into effect in May, Google will likely be spared a 2 percent of global annual revenue fine for failing to disclose the issue within 72 hours. The company could still face class-action lawsuits and public backlash. On the bright side, G+ posts and messages, Google account data and phone numbers and G Suite enterprise content wasn\u2019t exposed.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The bug in Google&#8217;s developer platform on Google Plus left users&#8217;s information, it was found out about in the March itself. The company said it found no evidence the data had been improperly accessed or misused. 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