Even tech giants like Google are not immune to privacy breaches, according to Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson, who tackles the issue and gives Google's explanation.
Call them mistakes, mishaps or reckless, a pattern of serious privacy breaches have been leaked from the big tech giant according to Google employee reports. In an era where data is as precious as gold, even giants like Google are not immune to pitfalls in handling the vast reservoirs of personal information flowing through their systems.
Google’s privacy blunders exposed This internal database, not previously exposed to the public eye, catalogs various incidents ranging from trivial mishaps – like an inadvertently sent email containing sensitive personal information – to major security lapses, including significant data leaks and even potential raids on Google’s own offices. The company's system allows employees to rank these issues by severity, with the term 'P0' indicating the most critical.
Socratic.org data exposure Another significant breach involved the exposure of email addresses from over a million users of Socratic.org, an educational platform Google had acquired. This breach, which left sensitive data like geolocation information and IP addresses accessible via the platform’s page source, lingered undetected for more than a year, affecting numerous users, including children.
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