If you’re a regular PC Pro reader, then you’ve probably spent plenty of time boring friends and family about the importance of using a password manager. People like us can tell you at punishing length all about the security benefits of making sure that every website and app you use has a unique, hard-to-guess password. And don’t forget the sheer convenience of having all your logins stored in one place – protected by some of the strongest security the web has to offer.
So, it was a shock when, three days before Christmas 2022, a disturbing message was published by Karim Toubba, the CEO of LastPass, which is by some measures the most widely used dedicated password manager.
“Notice of Recent Security Incident” was the terse heading of the
