Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/meta-slapped-with-101-million-fine-for-storing-passwords-in-plaintext/
Company failed to follow one of the most sacrosanct rules for password storage.
kim_harding ✅ /
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2024-10-01 18:39:21
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2024-10-01 18:39:21Event JSON
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