This breach was one of the worst things that could happen to a security product designed to take care of your passwords. LastPass said hackers had stolen copies of the list of user names and passwords of every customer from the company’s servers. It keeps track of that list, called the vault, in its online cloud so you have easy access to your passwords from any device. When you use a password manager like LastPass or 1Password, it stores a list containing all of the user names and passwords for the sites and apps you use, including banking, health care, email and social networking accounts. It published details about a recent security breach in which cybercriminals had obtained copies of customers’ password vaults, potentially exposing millions of people’s online information.įrom a hacker’s perspective, this is the equivalent of hitting the jackpot. While many of us were unplugging from the internet to spend time with loved ones over the holidays, LastPass, the maker of a popular security program for managing digital passwords, delivered the most unwanted gift.
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