Facebook stored 'hundreds of millions' of passwords in plain text for years

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Between 200 and 600 million of Facebook's 2.7 billion users may have had their passwords exposed

Security researcher Brian Krebs, who first reported the news, said between 200 and 600 million of Facebook's 2.7 billion users may have had their passwords exposed.

 

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Actually getting fed up of Facebook now It is losing its novelty Just kept my account becoz of Facebook market 😌new addiction 😄

An Facebook keep asking me to input my mobile number because all my friends have done it. Yeah, right.... 🙄

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