“We are committed to working with the developers on our platform to protect people’s data,” Facebook said. The firm expressed concern that Facebook users who set the same password on multiple sites and services could be at the greatest risk. In recent months, the company also has been faulted for leaving millions of users’ Facebook passwords stored in plain text. It was unclear whether Cultura Colectiva accessed this data before 2015 or afterward, when Facebook put in place more stringent restrictions on developers. After the Cambridge scandal broke in 2018, Facebook further restricted developer access and embarked on a wholesale review of third-party apps.

Source: Washington Post April 03, 2019 18:29 UTC