Day: March 21, 2019

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years and were searched by FB engineers

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data. Facebook is probing a Read more about Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years and were searched by FB engineers[…]

Humans Built Complex Societies Before They Invented Moral Gods

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The appearance of moralizing gods in religion occurred after—and not before—the emergence of large, complex societies, according to new research. This finding upturns conventional thinking on the matter, in which moralizing gods are typically cited as a prerequisite for social complexity. Gods who punish people for their anti-social indiscretions appeared in religions after the emergence Read more about Humans Built Complex Societies Before They Invented Moral Gods[…]

Hundreds of South Korean motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online

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About 1,600 people have been secretly filmed in motel rooms in South Korea, with the footage live-streamed online for paying customers to watch, police said Wednesday. Two men have been arrested and another pair investigated in connection with the scandal, which involved 42 rooms in 30 accommodations in 10 cities around the country. Police said Read more about Hundreds of South Korean motel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online[…]