Meta, Facebook
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a
Meta stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plain text
Across Facebook and Instagram, Meta has been storing more than half a billion users' passwords in plain text, with some easily readable for more than a decade.
Meta hit with $102 million privacy fine from European Union over 2019 password security lapse
Meta was punished with a 91 million euro fine from the social media giant's European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving passwords for Facebook users.
Facebook parent company fined €91m over password storage
Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the storage of passwords. An inquiry was launched in April 2019 after Meta notified the DPC that it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users on its internal systems without encryption.
Meta Fined Over $100M by EU for Password Security Lapse
Meta has been fined over $100 million by the European Union's Irish Data Protection Commission after an investigation revealed that some Facebook user passwords were stored in plain text. The watchdog started its probe in 2019.
Meta Fined $102 Million by EU Over Facebook Password Security Lapse
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been hit with a significant fine of 91 million euros ($102 million) by the European Union’s privacy regulator for a security failure that exposed Facebook users' passwords.
Ireland fines Meta 91 mn euros over EU data breach
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches.The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users' password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue.
Meta Fined €91 Million by Irish Regulator Over Password Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission has fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish branch €91 million ($102 million) following an investigation into password storing by the company, according to a statement by the regulator.
Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Meta with a $101.5 million (€91 million) fine after wrapping up an investigation into a security breach in 2019, wherein the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text.
Meta Handed $100 Million Fine in Ireland Over Password Storage
Ireland’s data protection watchdog fined Meta Platforms after the Facebook and Instagram owner stored passwords of some social media users on its internal systems without proper safeguards.
EU privacy regulator fines Meta 91 million euros over password storage
The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption.
Meta, AI and Instagram
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