April 25 (UPI) -- Ireland's Data Protection Commission said Thursday it's trying to determine if Facebook violated European rules by how it stored hundreds of millions of user passwords on internal servers.
The commission said it's informed the social media giant it found the passwords were stored in plain text format on the servers. It added the inquiry is looking to determine whether Facebook has complied with "obligations" of the rules. Thursday marked the 11th time the commission targeted Facebook in an investigation.