By Ionut Arghire on March 21, 2019
Facebook today admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of its users in plain text, including the passwords of Facebook Lite, Facebook, and Instagram users.
The social platform says it discovered the mishap as part of a routine security review in January, but that the passwords were stored in a readable format within its internal data storage systems, and that only its employees had access to the data.
The issue has been addressed, and all of the affected users will be notified, Facebook announced.
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Facebook Stored Passwords of Hundreds of Millions Users in Plain Text
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When will this madness end?
I still can't understand why anyone who decides to use Facebook would give up so much for so little. Hope it goes the way of 'My Space', and soon.
I still can't understand why anyone who decides to use Facebook would give up so much for so little. Hope it goes the way of 'My Space', and soon.
Facebook = An Accident Looking For A Place To Happen. 😱
I made myself a promise a long time ago. I'll go to the grave before I get a Facebook or Twitter account. 😉
I made myself a promise a long time ago. I'll go to the grave before I get a Facebook or Twitter account. 😉
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