Related News: Facebook is actively trawling the dark web for stolen passwords

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Verge published an article titled Facebook is actively trawling the dark web for stolen passwords.

Today, Facebook announced a new approach to the problem. For the past few months, they’ve been searching anonymous posting sites like Pastebin for leaked passwords and proactively trying out the passwords on Facebook accounts. If they get a hit, the user is notified and their password is automatically reset.

Source: The Verge

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