Google Plus to shut down earlier after data breach affecting almost 53 million users

By Joe Williams

Published December 10, 2018 7:07pm ET

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Google Plus to shut down earlier after data breach affecting almost 53 million users — In this Dec. 4, 2017 file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. Google is closing the consumer version of its long-spurned Plus social network after discovering a bug earlier this year that leaked some of the personal information about up to 500,000 people who still have accounts on the dying service. | (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google will expedite the closure of its signature social media site after the tech giant discovered a software error that potentially exposed the private information of nearly 53 million users.

That news came as CEO Sundar Pichai is slated to appear in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when he is expected to be pressed on the issue of data privacy by members of both parties.

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