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Title: Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Post by: TechMan on March 27, 2019, 09:50:55 AM

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/ (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/)

Quote from: From above link

The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees. The source said Facebook is still trying to determine how many passwords were exposed and for how long, but so far the inquiry has uncovered archives with plain text user passwords dating back to 2012.

Well Ben, not being on FB looks to be like a good thing.

Title: Re: Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Post by: Ben on March 27, 2019, 10:04:57 AM

Quote from: adively on March 27, 2019, 09:50:55 AM

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/ (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/)

Well Ben, not being on FB looks to be like a good thing.

I just knew my misanthropic, anti-social behavior would eventually pay off.  =D

Title: Re: Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Post by: Hawkmoon on March 27, 2019, 10:42:23 AM

Quote from: Ben on March 27, 2019, 10:04:57 AM

I just knew my misanthropic, anti-social behavior would eventually pay off.  =D

My feelings exactly.

Thanks for the link. I just e-mailed it to my friend who constantly belittles me for not joining the modern world and creating a Facebook account.