Google has decided to advance the end of its social network Google+ after it found yet another security issue potentially impacting 52.5 million users. Google+ will now shut down 4 months before the scheduled date: in April 2019 instead of August 2019. Google will also shut down all Google+ APIs within the next 90 days.
Google is Shutting Google+ Down Even Sooner, After Another Bug – Fortune
http://fortune.com Dec 10, 2018
Google is shutting down in April thanks to a new software bug that exposed users private information.
Google+ shutdown speeds up, new privacy bug affected 52.5 million users – Reuters UK
https://uk.reuters.com Dec 10, 2018
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday it would shut down its Google social media *service* in April, four months ahead of schedule, after finding a software flaw …
Security bug affecting millions speeds up end of Google+ – Axios
https://www.axios.com Dec 10, 2018
Google will accelerate the planned shutdown of its Google social networking *service* after discovering a bug that made it possible for developers to access …
Google+ To Shutdown After Massive Use Data Breach – Wonderful Engineering
https://wonderfulengineering.com Dec 9, 2018
Google will be shutting down its social network Google after announcing that data of over 500000 users may have been compromised by being exposed to …
HISTORY
Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse – The Verge
https://www.theverge.com Oct 8, 2018
Google is going to shut down the consumer version of Google over the next 10 months, the company writes in a blog post today. The decision follows the …