Meta fined millions for plaintext password storage

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Meta fined millions for plaintext password storage
The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($147 million) for inadvertently storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it ...

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