Krebs on Security personal blog
Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users 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.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 21, 2019 | Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years by snaky | 1,252 | 429 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 7 Hacker News comments by 7 different people, from Apr 2019 to Nov 2022.
Most recent:
- est31 · Nov 21, 2022
- heyoni · Dec 15, 2021
- tialaramex · Jan 12, 2020
- NullPrefix · Nov 15, 2019
- save_ferris · Aug 22, 2019
- shawabawa3 · Aug 6, 2019
