Password Manager LastPass Got Breached Hard
Found on Wired on Monday, 15 June 2015
On Monday password manager service LastPass admitted it had been the target of a hack that accessed its users’ email addresses, encrypted master passwords, and the reminder words and phrases that the service asks users to create for those master passwords.
“We are confident that our encryption measures are sufficient to protect the vast majority of users,” LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist wrote in a note to customers. “Nonetheless, we are taking additional measures to ensure that your data remains secure, and users will be notified via email.”
Trust us they say. Store your passwords online they say.