Craig Timberg Renae Merle Cat Zakrzewsk The Washington Post

Google kept quiet for more than six months its discovery of a bug that put at risk the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users, the company said Monday, a delay that could spark a new round of regulatory and political scrutiny.

Google kept quiet for more than six months its discovery of a bug that put at risk the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users, the company said Monday, a delay that could spark a new round of regulatory and political scrutiny.