Remember when Facebook stored some 600 million Facebook account passwords in plaintext and then pretended like it was no big deal? It all went down at some point in 2019. Of note, the passwords were not hacked, though Facebook employees might have had access to them. Still, the EU investigated the security issues, going after Facebook for its decision not to encrypt the passwords. Five years later, Facebook is known as Meta, but its Facebook problems did not go away with the name change. Meta just received a $101.8 million fine following the conclusion of the Irish Data Protection Commission's (DPC) investigation. Continue reading... The post Meta fined $101.8M for storing 600M Facebook passwords in plain text appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $189 AirPods Pro, $50 DASH air fryer, $4.50 iPhone chargers, $99 DEWALT drill bundle, more Best Apple Watch deals for September 2024 Today’s deals: First AirPods 4 discount, $6 smart bulbs, $110 off Dyson V8, $6 MagSafe chargers, more Today’s deals: $510 M1 MacBook Air, $54 11-piece cookware set, $40 Anker MagSafe battery pack, more