Up To 600 Million Facebook User Passwords Are Saved In Plain Text

Facebook can’t get a break with security issues. This time, it was discovered that up to 600 million Facebook user credentials were stored in plain text, with over 20,000 Facebook employees were able to search the data without limits.

According to Facebook, the problem was discovered in January through a routine security review. The company normally masks passwords using techniques that make them unreadable but according to a source who talked to Krebs on Security, this issue might have existed since 2012.

The credentials was not made available outside of Facebook according to the company, but Kerbs on Security’s sources stated that these credentials might be searchable by over 20,000 employees of the company. For context, Facebook employed 35,587 people by the end of 2018.

The company stated that it has fixed the issue and is now the process process of informing affected Facebook, Facebook Lite, and Instagram to change their passwords as a safety measure. We would suggest for everyone to change their passwords anyway regardless of whether they are affected by the leak or otherwise.

(Source: Facebook, Krebs on Security)

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