Security News > 2019 > March > Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

2019-03-21 15:17
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees -- in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data.