Brian Krebs is reporting that Facebook stored hundreds of million’s of user passwords in plain-text. Back in 2016, I blogged about the proper way to store passwords in a database, ie, the password should be salted hashed such that the passwords are not reversible. Facebook had a recently discovered bug that caused a lot of passwords to be stored insecurely.
If you have a Facebook.com, use the Facebook Lite app, have a Instagram.com account, or use the Instagram app, you’ll want to change your password and reconnect the app. Changing your password will store the new password properly… as Facebook has fixed the issue.
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Troy Frericks.
blog 22-Mar-2019
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