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Facebook Confirms Millions of Instagram Passwords Were Stored in Plain Text

bigboyz12000 said:
Every week/month we find out that either email or social media outlets are shockingly careless when it comes to the data of the user. At the most a multi-billion dollar entity gets hit with a fine that is like them handing out a $20. Maybe we should all stop using their services and see how they are affected? Nobody NEEDS FB.
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Unfortunately that would take a long time to take effect, if any at all. Just because we all delete our accounts on the front end doesn’t mean they’re gonna considerately delete all our information along with it on the back-end of things. There needs to be some SERIOUS legal consequences put in place for when a user’s privacy is compromised like this, because it’s only happening more and more often and becoming more and more severe. These companies keep calming us with statements claiming they are improving their security constantly but breaches are only becoming more common and more severe. I’m not a fan of more government, but unfortunately this might be a case where that may be needed.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
maybe...just maybe...allow 1 hour where one executive can check to see if anymore passwords are stored in plain text anywhere.

i learned to not store plain text passwords anywhere when i was 16.

or...,i'm no test engineer, but maybe write a script that creates 1 dummy account with a long random password (like d0803a4b93b8ab8c4954b8c88094d70c) and have a cron job that occasionally checks all logs/databases to see if that password exists. do it once a week.
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Indeed, this should literally be THE FIRST THING a dev thinks about. My priorities when developing, system security, anti-abuse/exploit countermeasures, user-friendliness, function.
 
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coolfactor said:
They hired the wrong developers. No educated developer would EVER store passwords in plain text, at any time... ever. The fact that this happened is just wrong.

In their report, they use the word "logs", so this suggests that the developer(s) involved were logging the activity, likely to plain-text log files, storing the passwords in the log entries. This was probably not a login database that was involved, but log files used for debugging during development. Still wrong, very wrong.
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You realize these were Instagram passwords that were exposed, right?
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Yes, that's why I said I changed my password. Still Facebook also had the same issue. No wonder it keeps happening.
 
Cyberpower678 said:
Indeed, this should literally be THE FIRST THING a dev thinks about. My priorities when developing, system security, anti-abuse/exploit countermeasures, user-friendliness, function.
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That would distract the Devs from harvesting personal private data though .
 
Facebook is a cancer growing within humanity. Please regulate it. It destroys people’s lives by drawing them into a false sense of being in an alternate existence. It is a plague that is destroying our children. Zuck and Sandburg clearly are no longer interested in anything other than their stock options.

....and no. I have never had a Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter account. :apple:
 
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I'm surprised there haven't been hearings on Capitol Hill already, as many huge breaches Facebook has had. Zuck should have a home in DC, because of how much time he should be spending there. Accountability has left the building.
 
JetTester said:
I'm surprised there haven't been hearings on Capitol Hill already, as many huge breaches Facebook has had. Zuck should have a home in DC, because of how much time he should be spending there. Accountability has left the building.
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At least he turns up there .
They sent a minion to appear before our Parliament.
Maybe that says more about the UK though .
 
I've never been a user of Facebook personally, and only had an account so I could manage my clients' business pages and advertising accounts. This morning I sent an email to all affected clients notifying them I was no longer providing this service and that I would be removing myself from the Facebook platform entirely effective the end of this month. I can no longer even passively participate in good conscience.
 
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I don’t believe anything FB says and the best thing I did was to delete (if that was possible) and close the account. I am glad I never added any pics or private info when I did have the account.
 
It's okay, FaceBook gets away with this because they have billions of dollars and can literally buy off anyone. They're really not all that bad and we should be extremely grateful that they allow us to use their platform and send them all of our information. Zuckerberg is a gorgeous man who can do no wrong, like that one time when he came up with the idea to have everyone send their nudes to FaceBook to prevent revenge porn. The man only cares about protecting us from ourselves. He's definitely not looking at our nudes. What a weird thing to suggest. Long live Facebook!

I'll be waiting for my check.







THIS POST IS SARCASM.
 
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Russia. If you are listening. Please don't screw with my Instagram!
 
I wonder why no responsible government takes action.
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itsmilo said:
I am surprised the EU is staying so quiet about this whole mess.

Lobbying is a hell of a thing I guess
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Nah, the EU is just sometimes terribly slow. But at least they are moving.
 
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