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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 208 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Meta's revenue is in the tens of billions. This fine isn't even a rounding error for them. This isn't something that should be taken so lightly.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have you seen IT budgets? Some vice-president of technology is going to be pissed his numbers look bad compared to his peers during their weekly numbers measuring contest.

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