New scandal over private user data at Facebook. According to computer security specialists, Facebook employees were able to see in plain textmillions of user passwords. Mark Zuckerbeg's social network confirmed the affair. He would even have launched investigations to verify whether there has been illegal use of this data. And according to the company, more out of fear than harm, employees would not have taken advantage of it…
According to information obtained by the editors of the computer security blogKrebsOnSecurity, this password leak would concern between200 and 600 million Facebook and Instagram accounts. A priori this would not be a voluntary disclosure. The passwords were in fact stored in clear text in the Facebook registry and remained visible to nearly 20,000 employees all the same.
Facebook is, according to the source, still looking for the cause of this computer bug. She would also have planned to notify the millions of affected users to encourage them to change their passwords as quickly as possible.
Aofficial publication has even already been madeon the subject byPedro Canahuati, head of security and privacy at Facebook. In the latter, readers are invited to follow some tips for managing their passwords. Facebook recommends, for example, that theychange their Facebook and Instagram password. The network also recommends using a different password for each service, to best secure your private data.
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Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
