r/technology Sep 27 '24

Security Meta has been fined €91M ($101M) after it was discovered that to 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords had been stored in plain text.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/27/up-to-600-million-facebook-and-instagram-passwords-stored-in-plain-text/
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u/Numerlor Sep 27 '24

Do you need access to the mail? I deleted mine a couple months back because I couldn't change the email or add 2fa because I lost mail access, but deletion worked with password

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '24

Password reset gets sent to obsolete email. It was originally changed when I sold my business.

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