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Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

Posted on March 21, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Brian Krebs reports:

Hundreds of millions of Facebookusers had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data.

Read more on  KrebsOnSecurity.com.

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