Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text for years

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.

Facebook is a criminal enterprise that needs to be broken up into its constituent parts sooner rather than later.

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