https://www.techradar.com/news/google-is-being-scuttled-following-disastrous-data-breach

Google has announced that it’s kicking its floundering social media platform Google+ to the curb, some seven years after it was first introduced. The decision comes after a Wall Street Journal report today revealed that the tech giant had been hiding the news of a massive security breach on the platform.

According to The Journal, Google discovered the data breach in March this year and, although the bug has since been patched, the company decided not to disclose the news for fear of “immediate regulatory interest” and potential reputational damage.