21-03-2019 19:06 via infosecurity-magazine.com

Facebook Left Millions of Passwords Unhashed

Facebook Left Millions of Passwords UnhashedDuring a routine security review in January 2019, Facebook discovered that some user passwords had been stored in plain text on its internal data storage systems, an issue that raised concerns given that the company’s login system is supposed to mask passwords, according to the Facebook newsroom.The security flaw has reportedly been fixed, and Facebook said it will be notifying everyone whose passwords were unencrypted, which it said could be hun
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