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Google G Suite Stored Customer Password in Plain Text Since 2005

Google revealed that they stored enterprise G Suite customers login password in plain text over a decade. According to Googles privacy and security policy, all the customers and users login credentials must be stored in an encrypted format to ensure maximum security. The encrypted format means to store your passwords with cryptographic hashes, which is a one-way process, and it cant be reversed. Every time Users log in the application, Google authentication with the stored password hash that lies in a bit of cryptography. Instead of remembering the exact characters of the password, Google scrambles it with a hash function, so it becomes something like 7gjfsgmhk222354kgsg”]

Source: https://gbhackers.com/google-stored-g-suite-customer-password-in-plain-text-since-2005/

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