Password manager LastPass admits hacker breach

New York

LASTPASS, the online password manager, announced in a blog post that its network was breached and that hackers made off with user email addresses, password reminders and encrypted master passwords.

Within the security community, password managers have long been controversial. Some say online password managers help everyday users become more secure than they would otherwise, because it makes it easier to set up complex different passwords for different accounts without having to remember them all. Others have been wary of password managers like LastPass because if the password manager gets breached, hackers can potentially unlock all the accounts managed through the service.