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Google will end the consumer version of its ill-fated social network Google+ in April, four months earlier than expected, after finding another security issue impacting more than 50 million people.

In a blog post Monday, Google said that a November software update caused the Google+ API to inadvertently make users' personal information viewable to developers, even if they had opted to keep their details private. The bug was addressed after six days, and users' passwords and financial data were not impacted, according to the company.

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