Facebook Fixes Glitch That Exposed Millions Of User Passwords To Employees – IOTW Report

Facebook Fixes Glitch That Exposed Millions Of User Passwords To Employees

OAN: (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has resolved a glitch that exposed passwords of millions of users stored in readable format within its internal systems to its employees.

The passwords were accessible to as many as 20,000 Facebook employees and dated back as early as 2012, cyber security blog KrebsOnSecurity, which first reported said in its report.

“These passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook and we have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them,” the company said.  more here

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