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Update: Facebook passwords for hundreds of millions of users were exposed to Facebook employees |
April 19, 2019
April 18, 2019: Updated to add new information about how many Instagram user passwords were exposed internally at Facebook.Facebook confirmed March 21 that hundreds of millions of user passwords were being stored in a “readable format” within its servers, accessible to internal Facebook employees—including millions more Instagram users than previously thought. Affected users will be notified, Facebook said, so they can change those passwords.Interestingly, Facebook downplayed and confirmed the problem in the same post, filed in late March, after researcher Brian Krebs issued his own report. Facebook’s Pedro Canahuati, vice president of engineering for security and privacy, initially referred to “some” user passwords that were accessible to Facebook employees. A paragraph later, he revealed that “hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, millions of Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users” would be notified.To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3375202/update-facebook-passwords-for-hundreds-of-millions-of-users-were-exposed-to-facebook-employees.html#tk.rss_all
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