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October 9, 2018

Social Network Google+ to Shut Down After Massive Data Breach
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In tech news, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google will shut
down its social network Google Plus after revelations of a data breach
that exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users. The
breach was discovered in March but was not disclosed to the public. An
internal Google memo showed executives were worried they'd face new
government regulations if news of the data breach got out. The scandal
follows news last month of a major data breach at Facebook, which saw
the personal information of nearly 50 million users exposed after an
online attack.


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