Google declined to comment beyond its blog post. Google feared disclosure would invite comparison to Facebook Inc's leak of user information to data firm Cambridge Analytica, the Journal reported, adding that chief executive Sundar Pichai had been briefed on the issue. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Google opted not to disclose the security issue due to fears of regulatory scrutiny, citing unnamed sources and a memo prepared by Google's legal and policy staff for senior executives. No developer exploited the vulnerability or misused data, the review found. The issue was discovered and patched in March as part of a review of how the company shares data with other applications, Google said in a blog post. The profile of two men in front of a monitor with the logo of the social network Google+. (EPA-EFE photo)Īlphabet Inc's Google will shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after announcing on Monday that private profile data of at least 500,000 users might have been exposed to hundreds of external developers.
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