Facebook admits it stored ‘hundreds of millions’ of account passwords in plaintext

Facebook admits it stored ‘hundreds of millions’ of account passwords in plaintext

5 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/21/facebook-plaintext-passwords/

Flip the “days since last Facebook security incident” back to zero.

Facebook confirmed Thursday in a blog post, prompted by a report by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs, that it stored “hundreds of millions” of account passwords in plaintext for years.

Facebook admits it stored ‘hundreds of millions’ of account passwords in plaintext

Mar 21, 2019, 4:16pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/21/facebook-plaintext-passwords/ > Flip the “days since last Facebook security incident” back to zero. > Facebook confirmed Thursday in a blog post, prompted by a report by cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs, that it stored “hundreds of millions” of account passwords in plaintext for years.