NEW: Facebook says that an internal security found the passwords of hundreds of millions of users had been stored on company servers without encryption, but that no passwords leaked and the company has found no indication the data was improperly accessed.
Bertrand Guay / AFP - Getty Images fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Facebook said on Thursday that an internal security review found the passwords of hundreds of millions of users had been stored on company servers without encryption, but that no passwords leaked and the company has found no indication the sensitive data was improperly accessed.
While it appears no user passwords were leaked, the security issue adds to Facebook's lengthy list of missteps that have brought significant public and political pressure on the company in the past year.It was not immediately clear exactly how many Facebook users were affected by the security issue, but Canahuati wrote that the company estimates it will notify"hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users.
Facebook added that it employs a variety of security procedures around user accounts and passwords, including tracking logins from new locations and devices as well as monitoring data breaches at other companies in case people reuse passwords.
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