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Cybersecurity researchers discovered a scary security flaw with YouTube and Google

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Google has fixed a security flaw that exposed the email addresses of YouTube users.

The vulnerability was disclosed to Google in Sep. 2024 and was finally fixed on Feb. 9, 2025 .

Google confirmed to BleepingComputer that there were "no signs that any attacker actively exploited the flaws".

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