Facebook admits to inadvertently storing 'hundreds of millions' of user passwords in plain text on company servers for years

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NEW: Facebook officials admit that the tech giant stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text—able to be read by employees.

, which broke the story before Facebook issued the statement. Although the company did not disclose how long the passwords had been insecurely stored, the Krebs on Security report said that the problem existed for years.

We estimate that we will notify hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users. The company said the passwords weren't visible to anyone outside of the company, adding that "we have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them."

"We estimate that we will notify hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users. Facebook Lite is a version of Facebook predominantly used by people in regions with lower connectivity," Canahuati wrote. Facebook recommends users change their passwords and use two-factor authentication or a security key.

 

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ya no me siento seguro, en sí nunca lo estuve.

Data at rest needs to be encrypted.

Regulate social media now!

If Facebook shutdown today I wouldn’t miss it.

Facebook has been disabling people's accounts without justification or acknowledgement. I've had my account over a decade and it was disabled for no reason. This is happening with others as well. Censorship SignalBoost SocialMedia

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That's nothing. Google grabs all our passwords in plaintext to synch across devices. It's a web browser. The customers are cattle who already gave up their IDs to “browse” in verdant pastures & surf porn. It's a total Holocaust: all on the railroad to the concentration camps.

Who didn’t already think this Raise your hand....

It's happened. facebook is now more stupid than MySpace.

The tech giant is not so giant anymore

Just be careful and when you get on Facebook be careful what you do and who you are doing it with. If you need to change your password.

Funt

So what's my password 🤔 because I have no clue. 😖😖😖

...and thats why I'm on Twitter jack

This is why Twitter is superior.

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