LastPass
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LastPass is a password manager application. The standard version of LastPass comes with a web interface, but also includes a browser extension, an app and support for bookmarklets. Founded in 20081 by four developers, Lastpass was acquired by GoTo (formerly LogMeIn Inc.) for $110 million in 2015. LastPass was spun-off from GoTo into a stand-alone business in 2024. LastPass is known for suffering significant security incidents between 2011 and 2022. Notably, in late 2022, user data, billing information, and vaults (with some fields encrypted and others not) were breached, leading many security professionals to call for users to change all their passwords and switch to other password managers.
LastPass is a password manager application. The standard version of LastPass comes with a web interface, but also includes a browser extension, an app and support for bookmarklets. Founded in 2008 by four developers, Lastpass was acquired by GoTo (formerly LogMeIn Inc.) for $110 million in 2015. LastPass was spun-off from GoTo into a stand-alone business in 2024. LastPass is known for suffering significant security incidents between 2011 and 2022. Notably, in late 2022, user data, billing information, and vaults (with some fields encrypted and others not) were breached, leading many security professionals to call for users to change all their passwords and switch to other password managers.
2011 security incident
In May 2011, LastPass reported detecting unusual network activity that indicated a possible intrusion into its servers. Although the company stated that no evidence of data exfiltration was found, it required all users to reset their master passwords as a precaution. According to LastPass, encrypted user vault data was not compromised.
2021 third-party trackers and security incident
In 2021, it was discovered that the Android app contained third-party trackers. At the end of 2021, LastPass warned users that their master passwords were compromised.
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List of password managers
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