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Alphabet shares fall on report of covered-up Google+ data vulnerability
Alphabet Inc. shares declined Monday following a report that Google did not notify hundreds of thousands of users about leaving their data exposed. Alphabet class A shares declined 2.5% and class C shares fell 2.3% in recent activity, while the S&P 500 index was down 0.6%. According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet knew about a software glitch this past spring that left data from users of the Google+ social network exposed but did not disclose it for fear of reputation damage and regulatory inquiry. According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet knew about a software glitch this past spring that left data from users of the Google + social network exposed but did not disclose it for fear of reputation damage and regulatory inquiry. As a result, Alphabet is closing down "all consumer functionality" of Google+, which never quite became an effective competitor to Facebook Inc. .
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/c4ce6e3...bde6fc/alphabet-shares-fall-on.html?.tsrc=rss
Alphabet Inc. shares declined Monday following a report that Google did not notify hundreds of thousands of users about leaving their data exposed. Alphabet class A shares declined 2.5% and class C shares fell 2.3% in recent activity, while the S&P 500 index was down 0.6%. According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet knew about a software glitch this past spring that left data from users of the Google+ social network exposed but did not disclose it for fear of reputation damage and regulatory inquiry. According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet knew about a software glitch this past spring that left data from users of the Google + social network exposed but did not disclose it for fear of reputation damage and regulatory inquiry. As a result, Alphabet is closing down "all consumer functionality" of Google+, which never quite became an effective competitor to Facebook Inc. .
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/c4ce6e3...bde6fc/alphabet-shares-fall-on.html?.tsrc=rss