{"id":276489,"date":"2021-06-16T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-must-face-shareholder-lawsuit-claiming-it-hid-security-risks\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:58:59","slug":"google-must-face-shareholder-lawsuit-claiming-it-hid-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-must-face-shareholder-lawsuit-claiming-it-hid-security-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A federal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet accused Google of misleading them by concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lawsuit raised a \u201cstrong inference\u201d that Alphabet and its then-Chief Executive Larry Page knew about the bugs and an internal memo on security issues, and Alphabet intentionally withheld the information from its quarterly investor reports.<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet\u2019s stock price <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-exposed-user-data-feared-repercussions-of-disclosing-to-public-1539017194\">fell after an October 2018 Wall Street Journal article discussed the memo<\/a> and said Google, fearing regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm, concealed how private data for hundreds of thousands of Google+ users had been exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Google later admitted that the data had been exposed, and drew criticism from Congress for concealing security shortfalls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Larry Page, then CEO of Google, holds a microphone at a 2012 news conference.\" class=\"wp-image-18543463 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/court-revives-google-lawsuit2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/court-revives-google-lawsuit2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/court-revives-google-lawsuit2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/court-revives-google-lawsuit2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/court-revives-google-lawsuit2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A federal court said a lawsuit brought by shareholders raised a \u201cstrong inference\u201d that Alphabet and its then-Chief Executive Larry Page (shown) knew about an internal memo on security issues.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither Alphabet nor its lawyers immediately responded to requests for comment. 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