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Popular password manager LastPass confirms some user data was stolen

article published on 15 June, 2015

Password manager LastPass has sent out a security notice to all users confirming that some user data was stolen but most data should be secure. Here is the full statement from LastPass, which includes the recommendation to change your master pass: We want to notify our community that on Friday, our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network. In our investigation, ... [ read the full article ]

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ddp
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16. June 2015 @ 11:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that is why I don't save my stuff on clouds or even passwords on my computers as no system is safe except for your brain & pen & paper.
hearme0
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16. June 2015 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And we have a once-anticipated reason for why I chose not to use this company, or Keypass.

I use Password Safe which is a sourceforge project. Been using for over a decade now. Secure, easy, straight-forward, syncable with cloud if you know how to do basic stuff like that.

Though [in reply to ddp], I store sensitive stuff like resumes and the password db in a Windows-created, 2 or so GB VHD, then mount, then encrypt with Bitlocker then store THAT encrypted VHD on DropBox or OneDrive and their peeping eyes can't see jack.

Brutally easy and sad to say that I used Truecrypt for a while when I should have used what's available in Windows 7

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narm050
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21. June 2015 @ 18:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Pen & paper is definitely NOT secure.

With all the logins that a typical internet user has, pen & paper is neither secure nor feasible.

The human brain is surely capable, but few people can unlock perfect memory. Relying on a pseudo-random "scheme" that "only you" know the pattern is also inadvisable.

I'm perfectly happy with LastPass and two-factor authentication. I realize that getting my own devices hacked and then having my own master password hacked is a risk, but I think its better than having a huge list of passwords written down (which could be destroyed in a fire or physically stolen).

I still changed my master password, but I was never really worried. I'd be much more worried if I had all my passwords written down.

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