Social media group inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users in ‘plaintext’ on its internal systems

An inquiry was launched in April 2019 by the Irish Data Protection Commission.

Ireland’s privacy regulator has fined Meta Platforms, whopping €91 million over a security flaw in its internal systems that came to light five...

DUBLIN (Reuters) -The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for...

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext. The Irish...

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext. The Irish...

An inquiry found multiple infringements.

Meta, the company behind various social media platforms and messaging services such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp has recently been...

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) €91 million ($100 million) for storing in plaintext...

Meta was punished Friday with a fine worth more than $100 million from the social media giant's European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse...