Password security firm LastPass compromised

Popular online password vault provider LastPass has warned users to update their master account passwords after its network was hacked.

The company wrote a blog post to notify customers initially, before sending emails direct to users. The post said that the hack was discovered on Friday, when “our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network”. An investigation discovered that while the hackers had not compromised encrypted user data, “account email addresses, password reminders, server per user salts, and authentication hashes were compromised.”

Password security firm LastPass compromised