How Facebook Deals with Stolen Passwords

Facebook continued to mark National Cyber Security Awareness Month with content aimed at explaining the measures it takes to keep its users safe, and the latest addition is a note on the Protect the Graph page from security engineer Chris Long explaining how the social network reacts to the sharing of stolen passwords on public sites.

USBThief650Facebook continued to mark National Cyber Security Awareness Month with content aimed at explaining the measures it takes to keep its users safe, and the latest addition is a note on the Protect the Graph page from security engineer Chris Long explaining how the social network reacts to the sharing of stolen passwords on public sites.

Long wrote:

The Facebook Security team has always kept a close eye on data breach announcements from other organizations. Theft of personal data like email addresses and passwords can have larger consequences because people often use the same password on multiple websites.

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