Using LastPass? Your passwords may have been leaked.

esuhl
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Just a heads-up for anyone using the LastPass password manager.

The add-ons for Chrome and Firefox may have leaked all your passwords.

:eek:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/21/lastpass_vulnerabilities/
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  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Good grief .....
  • glennevis
    glennevis Posts: 642 Forumite
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    Choose your password manager wisely. I would pick a program that utilises my own cloud account to store encrypted data for a start.
  • AndyPix
    AndyPix Posts: 4,847 Forumite
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    Or just manage your passwords yourself, instead of trusting a 3rd party to do it for you !!
    I hate the idea of password managers
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,575 Forumite
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    KeePass is a great alternative. It's open source and non-proprietary. You can set it to be completely offline if you like, or you can use your own cloud storage (Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox etc) so you can access your database from any device. Far better than trusting LastPass which has been exploited repeatedly
    poppy10
  • RumRat
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    Lastpass on Firefox recieved an update today....
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  • Tiexen
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    poppy10 wrote: »
    KeePass is a great alternative. It's open source and non-proprietary. You can set it to be completely offline if you like, or you can use your own cloud storage (Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox etc) so you can access your database from any device. Far better than trusting LastPass which has been exploited repeatedly

    + 1 on KeePass
  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    Postit notes or a notepad and pencil is sounding more and mores secure these days ;) lol
    Laters

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  • System
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    Yawn....

    I see the overreaction brigade are already out in force.

    1) A white hat found it and reported it to Lastpass
    2) There are no known exploits out in the wild, Lastpass users aren't reporting loss of accounts
    3) Lastpass have already fixed the problem.
  • poppellerant
    poppellerant Posts: 1,936 Forumite
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    S0litaire wrote: »
    Postit notes or a notepad and pencil is sounding more and mores secure these days ;) lol
    Not to mention being overly excessive and unnecessary.

    I use Firefox to store my passwords, but don't have a Firefox account to synchronise my passwords. A perfectly convenient and safe way of managing my passwords.
  • Gillor
    Gillor Posts: 794 Forumite
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    edited 22 March 2017 at 9:51PM
    S0litaire wrote: »
    Postit notes or a notepad and pencil is sounding more and mores secure these days ;) lol

    The probability of experiencing a house fire during your life time - 1 in 4.
    The probability of experiencing a Last Pass leak - ??
    Tarambor wrote: »
    Yawn....I see the overreaction brigade are already out in force.
    Quite.

    Reminds me of the BSE scare a few years ago. You had more chance of dying crossing the road to avoid the butcher's than eating beef:)
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