Facebook admits storing millions of user passwords in plain text files

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Facebook admits storing millions of user passwords in plain text files
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Thousands of Facebook employees may have had access to people's Facebook and Instagram passwords

The error was revealed in athat detailed how passwords had been stored in a readable format within its internal data storage systems.

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