Red Securium

For all Google+ users, here coms some bad news. Google has announced to sunset Google Plus as a consequence of its review activity Project Strobe. This Google+ shut down comes in as a consequence of a vulnerability that exposed users’ data. Moreover,  Google  also attributes this sunset to low user engagements. Data Leak Due To API Vulnerability Causes Google+ Shut Down As stated in their  blog post , Google plans on sunsetting its social networking platform Google Plus (also Google+). Part of the reason behind this decision is due to a vulnerability that leaked private profile data of hundreds of thousands of customers. As stated by Ben Smith, Vice President of Engineering at Google announced a bug in Google Plus API exposed private data of around 500,000 user profiles. Although they already patched the bug in March 2018, they still plan for Google+ shut down due to low user engagements and difficulties in maintaining the platform to customers’ expectations. The decision c