meta

TECH

Meta fined €91 million for unintentionally storing passwords without protection

Certain social media users’ passwords were stored as “plain text” in internal systems without cryptographic protection or encryption. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for unintentionally storing some users’ passwords without adequate protection or encryption. This was reported by Reuters and RTÉ. The investigation began five years ago, in April […]

Read More