Linked: Password-exposing bug purged from LastPass extensions

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Hopefully your extension updated automatically, as mine did. But check.

“The LastPass bug was fixed in version 4.33.0. The extension update should automatically install on users’ computers, but it’s not a bad idea to check. While LastPass said the bug was limited to the Chrome and Opera browsers, the company has deployed the update to all browsers as a precaution.”

Also, read more about why you still want to keep your password manager.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/lastpass-fixes-bug-that-leaked-the-password-of-last-logged-in-account/

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