The Irish Data Protection Commission wraps up an investigation into a 2019 breach, fining Meta €91M for violating GDPR rules by storing passwords in plain text
#privacy #Facebook #HaveIBeenPwned #DataBreach #Instagram — https://9to5mac.com/... X: Brian O'Donovan / @brianod_news : Breaking: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been fined €91m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). It follows an investigation into the storage of passwords. @rtenews https://www.rte.ie/... @dpcireland : 📢Latest News: Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Ireland €91 million https://www.dataprotection.ie/ ... [image] Johnny Ryan / @johnnyryan : It is good to see the DPC enforce the security principle (GDPR Article 5(1)(f)) today. But it is shocking that an issue voluntarily disclosed by Meta to the DPC in 2019 has taken more than 5 years to result in enforcement. https://dataprotection.ie/... Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : Almost none of these accumulated fines have been paid yet; most tied up in appeals Patrick Costello TD / @costellop : Glad to finally see some strong enforcement of large tech companies for breaching GDPR, however it's hard to understand how this took 5 years. Hopefully the @DPCIreland deal with similar data protection cases much faster in the future. https://www.irishtimes.com/... Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : Meta fined €91m by Irish data privacy regulator for storing passwords in plain text. Meta's fine tally with Dublin's regulator now over €2bn, https://www.independent.ie/... Adrian Weckler / @adrianweckler : Breakdown of €2.6bn in fines on Meta from Irish DPC over last 3 years. All money goes to Irish exchequer (+ €14bn Apple tax). [image] Forums: Hacker News : Meta fined $102M for storing passwords in plain text r/NewsOfTheStupid : Engadget: Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text r/leetcode : This is the FAANG company that I grind for? r/technology : Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text | The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules. r/technews : Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text | The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules. BeauHD / Slashdot : Meta Fined $102 Million For Storing 600 Million Passwords In Plain Text
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@brianod_news
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Breaking: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been fined €91m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). It follows an investigation into the storage of passwords. @rtenews https://www.rte.ie/...
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📢Latest News: Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Ireland €91 million https://www.dataprotection.ie/ ... [image]
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It is good to see the DPC enforce the security principle (GDPR Article 5(1)(f)) today. But it is shocking that an issue voluntarily disclosed by Meta to the DPC in 2019 has taken more than 5 years to result in enforcement. https://dataprotection.ie/...
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@adrianweckler
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Almost none of these accumulated fines have been paid yet; most tied up in appeals
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@costellop
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Glad to finally see some strong enforcement of large tech companies for breaching GDPR, however it's hard to understand how this took 5 years. Hopefully the @DPCIreland deal with similar data protection cases much faster in the future. https://www.irishtimes.com/...
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@adrianweckler
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Meta fined €91m by Irish data privacy regulator for storing passwords in plain text. Meta's fine tally with Dublin's regulator now over €2bn, https://www.independent.ie/...
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@adrianweckler
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Breakdown of €2.6bn in fines on Meta from Irish DPC over last 3 years. All money goes to Irish exchequer (+ €14bn Apple tax). [image]
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Engadget: Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
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This is the FAANG company that I grind for?
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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text | The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules.
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Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text | The Irish Data Protection Commission found that the company violated several GDPR rules.