One of the largest password managers in the world, with 25 million users, LastPass, has confirmed that it has been hacked.
LastPass, the company behind the password management software, warned that it had suffered a security breach two weeks earlier. Although the company is quick to point out that the passwords stored by users were not exposed, the incident remains extremely important.
What happened at LastPass?
Like most security breaches, this one is human. The hackers were able to recover access to a developer account and took the opportunity to steal ” LastPass source code and some proprietary technical information “.
Although LastPass goes to great lengths to point out that it only saw ” no evidence that this incident involved access to customer data or encrypted password vaults », this is an incident that will weaken the trust of users.
LastPass has also published a short FAQ to try to address the concerns of its users. They point out in it that the attack did not compromise your master password. They do not store your master password, as they use an architecture Zeroknowledge industry standard that ensures LastPass can never know or access the customers master password.
At this time, LastPass does not recommend changing your Master Password. However, nothing prevents you from doing so. In any case, we advise you to apply our security advice.
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