More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user::Security experts believe some of the LastPass password vaults stolen during a security breach last year have now been cracked open following a string of cryptocurrency heists

    • Tibert@compuverse.uk
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      10 months ago

      There nothing to fix in an OS. Windows and chrome have vulnerabilities which are unfixable by regular people. What about malware? What about other people knowing the password to your pc?

      It’s impossible to trust an OS to not get hacked, because it’s always the hackers or OS running behind the other.

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        10 months ago

        You can replace the OS with one you trust more. Can also replace the browser, and “irregular people” can fix stuff in OpenSource OSs and browsers. Malware is easy to avoid, just don’t execute random stuff. Other people knowing the password to your PC, is up to you.

        Hackers generally don’t hack OSs, users are much easier to hack.

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          10 months ago

          And what is your point?

          That everyone should change to some Linux distro? First of all Linux is not immune, it only lacks interest from hackers. The second it’s not adapted to everyone. Even I who likes open source and learning new stuff is too annoyed by Linux because of compatibility reasons (mostly gaming).

          Just don’t execute random stuff? Wake up, or I’ll use only chrome and nothing else on my pc. You want open source you must execute random stuff.

          And people cannot be at their 100% at all time. There is a possible chance that some, even trained user, slips and executes some malware. In that case, antimalware come into play, but it’s not always the case. Companies still get hacked with ransomwares and data extractors.

          And your solution to the issue is just replacing the browser, like it would make a difference? At that point just use another password manager online…