Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

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In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious…

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You're telling me it's a bad idea to aggregate all of your passwords through a third party? Who could have seen this coming

Apparently very few people, somehow. Because the internet was filled with people explaining how it was actually much safer than writing them down in a book because "what if someone goes through your desk?". I'm told it's much safer to entrust your passwords to a third party over the internet.

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