The company said that they discovered a bug in one of the Google+ People APIs allowing users to grant access to their Profile data, and the public Profile information of their friends, to Google+ apps, via the API. Google, however, cannot confirm which users were impacted because Google+ keeps the API log data for only two weeks. A new data breach has reportedly exposed the personal information of 17.5 million Instagram users, raising fresh concerns about account security on Meta’s platforms. According to Malwarebytes, it found that the data breach occurred during its regular scan on the dark web, which it associated with a potential exposure of the Instagram API back in 2024. 16 billion passwords have been exposed in platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, and more in a massive data breach. Lastly, the data from Cybernews’ reports are recent and not recycled from old breaches. Read more in our articles including "Google to shut down Google+ for consumers" and "Meta data breach exposes millions of Instagram users".
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Jun 22, 2026The company said that they discovered a bug in one of the Google+ People APIs allowing users to grant access to their Profile data, and the public Profile information of their friends, to Google+ apps, via the API. Google, however, cannot confirm which users were impacted because Google+ keeps the API log data for only two weeks.
A new data breach has reportedly exposed the personal information of 17.5 million Instagram users, raising fresh concerns about account security on Meta’s platforms. According to Malwarebytes, it found that the data breach occurred during its regular scan on the dark web, which it associated with a potential exposure of the Instagram API back in 2024. 16 billion passwords have been exposed in platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, and more in a massive data breach.
Our coverage of google+ data breach includes: "Google to shut down Google+ for consumers"; "Meta data breach exposes millions of Instagram users"; "16 billion passwords exposed in massive data breach". Each article provides unique insights and information.