{"id":407,"date":"2011-05-05T10:32:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/05\/lastpass-warns-of-potential-breach-ratchets-up-security\/"},"modified":"2011-05-05T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:32:33","slug":"lastpass-warns-of-potential-breach-ratchets-up-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/05\/lastpass-warns-of-potential-breach-ratchets-up-security\/","title":{"rendered":"LastPass Warns of Potential Breach, Ratchets Up Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK FOLKS, TAKE NOTE LAST PASS MAY HAVE BEEN HACKED!! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/CXOkJ\">Read about it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t use them, but I know many people who do! CHANGE YOUR MASTER PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY!   <br \/>It&#8217;s important to note that they have no evidence that anyone was actually compromised &#8211; <u><strong><em>YET.<\/em><\/strong><\/u> <\/p>\n<p>Once you change your master password any breach that may have happened will be rendered moot. Their service is still good, I\u2019m sure \u2013 just not good enough for me.<\/p>\n<p>I have used <a href=\"http:\/\/keepass.info\/\">KeePass<\/a> for years and looks like I will continue to do so now for sure &#8211; it is open source and resides on YOUR system(s). It may not be as &#8216;slick&#8217; and completely web based as LastPass but I trust it more. I guess I will NOT be migrating to that service after all.<\/p>\n<p>As a systems administrator and IT guy, I have no less than 78 items in my main password safe! And I have a few smaller \u2018safes\u2019 for some of my clients. So it is necessary for me to have a place to keep them all and of course a flat file or piece of paper wouldn\u2019t work.   <br \/>I keep a KeePass safe on my machines that I sync and also on a usb drive. I have always believed in owning my information.<\/p>\n<p>Be safe folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK FOLKS, TAKE NOTE LAST PASS MAY HAVE BEEN HACKED!! Read about it here. I don&#8217;t use them, but I know many people who do! CHANGE YOUR MASTER PASSWORD IMMEDIATELY! It&#8217;s important to note that they have no evidence that anyone was actually compromised &#8211; YET. 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