Google kept user passwords in clear view
Since 2005, the logins and passwords of some corporate users of the G Suite service have been stored in clear text. This was reported by Google, without specifying how many people affected this problem.
Usually passwords are encrypted and presented in the form of hash sums for that. G Suite account administrators can manually download, install and recover new passwords for employees of organizations. According to Google, the storage of these passwords was organized in such a way that copies of passwords were stored in an unencrypted form, which is why some Google employees could see them in clear text. Currently the issue has been fixed. According to Google, no one took advantage of this vulnerability, all accounts remained secure. Currently, about 5 million people use G Suite services.
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