Google Photos and Google Takeout

Summary

Google has acknowledged that a breach occurred between November 21-25, 2019 involving users who have both Google Photos and Google Takeout accounts. When users downloaded their data using Google Takeout, the flaw caused users’ photos and videos to be inadvertently exported to other Google Photos data archives when transferred. Google has identified and resolved the underlying issue and is distributing emails to those affected by this breach. Users are reminded that, while cloud storage is easy and convenient, encrypting data with a secure passphrase may limit unauthorized access.