Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
Briefly

Meta's failure to notify the DPC about the personal data breach and inadequately documenting it resulted in significant GDPR violations, emphasizing the criticality of password security.
Graham Doyle, Deputy Commissioner of the DPC, stated that storing passwords in plaintext is widely accepted as unacceptable due to abuse risks, especially for sensitive social media accounts.
Read at Engadget
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