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Meta Handed $100 Million Fine in Ireland Over Password Storage
Ireland’s data protection watchdog fined Meta Platforms 91 million euros ($101.7 million) after the Facebook and Instagram owner stored passwords of some social media users on its internal systems without proper safeguards.
Meta Fined €91 Million For Storing Facebook & Instagram Passwords In Plaintext
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for inadvertently storing hundreds
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
Ireland fines Meta €91M over plaintext user passwords
In September 2022, the company received a €405 million penalty after regulators determined that Instagram had failed to protect children’s privacy adequately. A few months later, the DPC fined Meta another €265 million over weak security settings that allowed hackers to download a large quantity of user data.
Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees.
Ireland fines Meta €91 million for EU data breach
Meta fined €91M for password security breach, while Ireland investigates Google AI amid crackdown on tech giants.
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.
Ireland Fines Meta €91m For Password Security Breaches
An Irish regulator responsible for enforcing European Union data privacy laws announced on Friday that it has fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook, 91
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.
Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million for a 2019 incident wherein the company stored millions of Facebook and Instagram passwords in plain text.
Meta Faces $106 Million Fine for Storing Facebook Passwords in Plaintext
Meta has been fined €91 million (around $106 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for storing user passwords in plaintext, violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Meta fined $101M in Ireland after failing to encrypt user passwords
Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Friday fined Meta more than $100 million for privacy law violations related to ...
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Meta Fined 91 Million Euros By The Irish DPC
The Irish data regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros after an investigation found the company insecurely ...
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Meta Fined $101.5 Million for a Breach That Affected Millions of Users
Meta has been fined a whopping $101.5 million for failing to adhere to GDPR and encrypting users' passwords before saving ...
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Irish DPC fines Meta $102M over GDPR violation linked to improper storage of passwords
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta Ireland 91 million euros (U.S. $102 million) for multiple violations of the ...