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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text

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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text

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[email protected]English • 2 months ago

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million for a 2019 incident wherein the company stored millions of Facebook and Instagram passwords in plain text.

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Jesus, why not fine them 5 bucks?

What a joke.

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