Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 hours ago

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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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 hours ago

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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I hope i dont get fined for

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  6•2 hours ago
  nah, sha-256 is fine, though you should pick something stronger than “password”

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