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Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of Passwords in Plain Text

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The passwords were reportedly accessible to 20,000 Facebook employees.

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For years, Facebook has stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text on internal company servers that were accessible to more than 20,000 employees, according to a blockbuster Thursday report from security reporter Brian Krebs.

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