The world’s popular password management app LastPass has been hacked. The company revealed in a blog post that it detected unusual activity in its application two weeks ago. The platform has over 33 million users and has launched an investigation into the issue.
In a blog post, last pass expressed, “Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within parts of the LastPass development environment. After launching an immediate investigation, we have found no evidence that the incident involved customer data or encrypted passwords.” Any access to the Vault is involved. We have determined that an unauthorized party accessed portions of the LastPass development environment through a single compromised developer account and took part of the source code and some proprietary LastPass technical information from us. Products and services are operating normally.”
The managing app acknowledged that hackers had gained illegal access to some of its source code. In addition, it is learned that they have taken prevention and mitigation measures, stating a major Cyber security And the forensic firm will investigate the matter.
In addition, the password management company has implemented additional advanced security measures, and it sees no further evidence of unauthorized activity.
LastPass CEO Karim Tubba Said that the master password of the users was not compromised with the hackers and the company does not store the master password of the users. The company clarified that no personal information of users was compromised.
Tobba said, “This incident occurred in our development environment. Our investigation has shown no evidence of any unauthorized access to encrypted Vault data. Our zero knowledge model ensures that only the customer has access to the decrypted Vault data. Are.”
Meanwhile, tech giant Apple recently revealed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take full control of these devices.
The company said it is “aware of a report that this issue may be actively exploited”, CNN has reported. Users can learn how to update the software by following the instructions on the Apple website.
Security experts have advised users to update the affected devices – iPhones6S and later models; Several models of iPad, including 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models and iPad Air 2; And Mac computers running macOS Monterey.
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