Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks

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Accused of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities.

Google must face shareholder lawsuit claiming it hid security risks
A US appeals court revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ social network. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lawsuit raised a "strong ...

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