"Google’s internal study discovered what the company said was a “bug” in its Google+ service — a social network it once hoped would challenge Facebook. The flaw let outside developers see profile information on up to half a million users that was meant to remain private.
The information included names, email addresses and occupations. The flaw existed from 2015 until discovery this year and allowed 438 apps to view the data.
Google said it could not tell from its records if any developers had in fact seen the data.
The failure to disclose the breach echoed Facebook’s leak of data about a far larger number of users to Cambridge Analytica and its decision not to warn users about the incident until it was uncovered earlier this year."
https://www.ft.com/content/03caaefe-cb24-11e8-b276-b9069bde0956
The information included names, email addresses and occupations. The flaw existed from 2015 until discovery this year and allowed 438 apps to view the data.
Google said it could not tell from its records if any developers had in fact seen the data.
The failure to disclose the breach echoed Facebook’s leak of data about a far larger number of users to Cambridge Analytica and its decision not to warn users about the incident until it was uncovered earlier this year."
https://www.ft.com/content/03caaefe-cb24-11e8-b276-b9069bde0956
