Change It Now: Millions of Facebook Passwords Exposed Internally

Change It Now: Millions of Facebook Passwords Exposed Internally
A Facebook panel is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, on June 20, 2018. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A report has said that millions of Facebook passwords were internally exposed, and the firm on March 21 said the problem has been fixed.

Researcher Brian Krebs of KrebsonSecurity broke the news about the security failure, saying that 600 million passwords were stored in plain text.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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