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Facebook Says Millions of Passwords Were Visible Internally

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-21/facebook-says-millions-of-passwords-were-visible-internally

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Facebook disclosed the problem after the security blog KrebsOnSecurity learned about it from an internal source. Krebs said the issue dated back to 2012 in some cases.

“The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees,” KrebsOnSecurity wrote.

1,290 posted on 03/21/2019 9:46:48 AM PDT by eldoradude
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This is an excellent precedent for the U.S.

Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested in corruption probe

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47657159

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Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested in São Paulo as part of a massive corruption investigation.

Mr Temer was arrested in his hometown of São Paulo on Thursday morning local time and will be flown to Rio de Janeiro.

Local media say police had been trying to trace Mr Temer since Wednesday. His former Mining and Energy Minister Moreira Franco was also arrested.

The corruption scandal involves millions of dollars in kickbacks and more than 80 politicians and members of the business elite. It provoked huge street protests nationwide.

Operation Car Wash's most high-profile conviction is of former leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is now serving 12 years in jail for corruption.

1,295 posted on 03/21/2019 9:54:04 AM PDT by eldoradude
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