LastPass claims that the password has not been cracked. To be sure, don’t be afraid to enable two-factor authentication.
Today, data protection is absolutely vital as we store data, some of the most personal, in online services. Today’s platforms should do everything possible to keep them. Unfortunately, this does not prevent hackers from occasionally breaking into systems and stealing data. A big warning popped up over the LastPass password manager yesterday.
LastPass claims the password has not been cracked
Indeed, just a few hours ago we learned that LastPass users were reporting the most bizarre behavior. For one reason or another, they received notifications that their master password was being used to attempt to log into their account. A wave of panic soon set in, and some users began to think that the worst had happened and that their passwords had been compromised.
Good news today. If you are a LastPass user, you will certainly be happy to know that your passwords have not been compromised in any way. In a statement sent to The Verge, the world director of press relations at LogMeIn, which owns LastPass, Nicolette Baxo-Albaum, said in part that these notifications came from “very common robot-related activity.”
To be sure, don’t be afraid to enable two-factor authentication.
In his own words: “It is important to clarify that we have no evidence that unauthorized account access was successful or that the LastPass service was compromised by any unauthorized party. We are constantly monitoring this type of activity and will continue to take steps to ensure that LastPass, its users, and their data are fully protected and secure.”
That being said, we can easily imagine that some users might have panicked a little after this event. If you are in this case, feel free to enable two-factor authentication on the platform. Once this is done, in case your master password is indeed compromised, the person who obtained it must also have access to your smartphone or authentication device in order to gain access to your account.