Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) has been fined €91 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for storing hundreds of millions of users’ passwords in plain text.
According to the Irish watchdog, such storage directly violated data protection laws. The issue surfaced in 2019 during a routine security audit and involved Meta storing unencrypted passwords on its internal systems.
DPC’s Decision Stemmed From 5-Year-Old Security Issue
“As part of a routine security review in Janu
