Google Plus Is Shutting Down After Exposing User Data

The failed social network is finally dead

Google is shutting down the long-dormant consumer arm of its social network for good.

The decision, announced in a company blog post today, comes after a heretofore unrevealed internal probe this spring found a security glitch that exposed Google Plus user data. The search giant remedied the vulnerability this March, but it fretted about making the flaw public for fear of getting caught in the narrative around rival Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica breach, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

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