Re:I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to display: ...
by drdec on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:14PM
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I assumed that the hackers have the encrypted vaults. Is it known that that they have unencrypted password data?
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Re:I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to display: ...
by JoshuaEN on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:23PM
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Not passwords, but the hackers have some unencrypted data because LastPass did not encrypt all vault data client-side:
"The threat actor was also able to copy a backup of customer vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in a proprietary binary format that contains both unencrypted data, such as website URLs" - https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-...
The "such as..." without enumerating everything is very ominous as well.
Re:I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to display: ...
by thot_experiment on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:20PM
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I believe they are only the encrypted vaults, but with the cost of compute plummeting and the inclusion of unencrypted data alongside the encrypted data I think you have reason to worry if you believe there are people who would perform a dedicated attack on you, or you are in a class likely to be identified as high value.
Re:I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to display: ...
by drdec on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:41PM
(#34122409)
Oh, absolutely, you need to test that information as exposed and react accordingly.
Fortunately for me, I don't use LastPass.
Re:I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to display: ...
by TillE on Saturday December 24, 2022 @08:35PM
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> the cost of compute plummeting
You should do some actual math to roughly estimate what it would take to crack a good password. Use a strong password, use a resource-intensive key derivation function, and you should feel extremely comfortable that your encrypted data will not be cracked within your lifetime.