Meta Ireland fined €91m for improperly storing users' passwords 

Data Protection Commissioner said Facebook owner stored the passwords as 'plaintext' in its internal systems

In May last year, Meta was fined €1.2bn by the Irish data regulator for violating EU privacy rules. 

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has fined Meta Ireland €91m for improperly storing the passwords of certain social media users on its internal systems.

The DPC said Meta Ireland — which is a subsidiary of Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta Platforms — stored the passwords as “plaintext” in its internal systems, which meant they did not have any cryptographic protection or encryption protection.