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Email about LastPass security upgrade and Changed Master Password?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 823029" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Quick question about LastPass' recent security upgrade. <em>Did you get one too?</em></p><p></p><p>The email received <u>does not</u> appear to be a phishing or a scam, and I have removed sensitive details. Shared content below:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Sender: <a href="mailto:do-not-reply-support@lastpass.com">do-not-reply-support@lastpass.com</a></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Subject: LastPass Security Notification (No Action Required)</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Contents: Recent Upgrade</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">We are notifying you of a routine security upgrade we recently made to all LastPass accounts. Specifically, we increased the default PBKDF2 iterations to 100,100. PBKDF2 is used to protect your master password in the unlikely event of a brute-force attack. We periodically make security upgrades, such as increasing PBKDF2 iterations, to ensure we're providing the best security for users.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The update happened automatically upon login to your LastPass account. Because the upgrade requires a re-encryption of the vault, LastPass records the event as a password change in your account history, as seen below, though no master password changes have been made. Note that you will be required to log-in again on other devices where you use LastPass.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Time of Change: [REDACTED]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Location: [REDACTED]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">From IP Address: [REDACTED]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">For more information on password iterations (e.g. PBKDF2), please see our <a href="https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/about-password-iterations-lp030027" target="_blank">article here</a>.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Thanks,</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The LastPass Team</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ironically, I was in LastPass Account settings when I noticed "You last changed your LastPass master password <em>[x]</em> ago", a1lthough I had not manually changed it. I am going on the assumption it's associated with the PBKDF2 security upgrade.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216197[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><u>As far as I am concerned, there is nothing to be alarmed about.</u></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 823029, member: 3"] Quick question about LastPass' recent security upgrade. [I]Did you get one too?[/I] The email received [U]does not[/U] appear to be a phishing or a scam, and I have removed sensitive details. Shared content below: [INDENT][B]Sender: [EMAIL]do-not-reply-support@lastpass.com[/EMAIL][/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Subject: LastPass Security Notification (No Action Required)[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]Contents: Recent Upgrade[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]We are notifying you of a routine security upgrade we recently made to all LastPass accounts. Specifically, we increased the default PBKDF2 iterations to 100,100. PBKDF2 is used to protect your master password in the unlikely event of a brute-force attack. We periodically make security upgrades, such as increasing PBKDF2 iterations, to ensure we're providing the best security for users.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]The update happened automatically upon login to your LastPass account. Because the upgrade requires a re-encryption of the vault, LastPass records the event as a password change in your account history, as seen below, though no master password changes have been made. Note that you will be required to log-in again on other devices where you use LastPass.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Time of Change: [REDACTED][/INDENT] [INDENT]Location: [REDACTED][/INDENT] [INDENT]From IP Address: [REDACTED][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]For more information on password iterations (e.g. PBKDF2), please see our [URL='https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/about-password-iterations-lp030027']article here[/URL].[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Thanks,[/INDENT] [INDENT]The LastPass Team[/INDENT] Ironically, I was in LastPass Account settings when I noticed "You last changed your LastPass master password [I][x][/I] ago", a1lthough I had not manually changed it. I am going on the assumption it's associated with the PBKDF2 security upgrade. [ATTACH type="full" alt="216197"]216197[/ATTACH] [B][U]As far as I am concerned, there is nothing to be alarmed about.[/U][/B] [/QUOTE]
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