Meta Faces €91 Million Fine from Ireland
Meta Faces €91 Million Fine from Ireland Over GDPR Violation
In a significant regulatory move, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, €91 million ($102 million) for a major breach in password security.
Ireland fines Meta 91 mn euros over EU data breach
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches.The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users' password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue.
Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million for a 2019 incident wherein the company stored millions of Facebook and Instagram passwords in plain text.
Meta Faces $106 Million Fine for Storing Facebook Passwords in Plaintext
Meta has been fined €91 million (around $106 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for storing user passwords in plaintext, violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €91 million ($101.56 million) as part of a probe into a security lapse in March 2019, when the company disclosed that it had mistakenly stored users' passwords in plaintext in its systems.
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