Do you think your LinkedIn account password is one of those 6.5 million passwords that were compromised last Wednesday? You can check if your LinkedIn password was compromised or not by using the Last Pass secure tool which is a product of LastPass password Management Company.
As reported….
There was a big security violence that happened after the statement of a Russian hacker that he stole around 6,458,020 encrypted LinkedIn user passwords and made then live online (without usernames though) to show that he was a master of hacking accounts and show off his so called achievement.
LinkedIn itself verified that a number of account passwords had been compromised and stated the affected users would be contacted for telling the details and how to recover their passwords.
However LinkedIn usernames that were associated with the compromised passwords were not revealed but the passwords themselves will certainly be able to help reverse-engineer other cryptography interfaces.
In conclusion, if you think your password is the toughest one to crack in the whole world, then you are totally wrong. Anything can happen in this world of internet so it is recommended to change your LinkedIn passwords over the time to keep your accounts safe.
Is LassPass legit?
If you think that you are a skeptical internet user when privacy and security is the subject then you would definitely ask whether this so called Lasspass password management security tool is legit or not? For that the staff at LastPass guarantees that their password management tool is 100% safe and does not register a user’s password in its database or anywhere else.
How LassPass works?
Once you insert your LinkedIn password into the LastPass tool bar, the database calculates its SHA-1 hash and throws the obtained result to LastPass.com. After this process, the LastPass tool reviews the record of 6.5 million leaked password hashes, and then it confirms you that if your LinkedIn password was compromised or not. If in case your password matches with the 6.5 million databases, then it will pop a message showing that your password was compromised
The LastPass representative told the process how their security tool works and also stated that the inserted password hashes are not stored in their database:
“We don’t store the hash on our end. We only perform the check and then delete it.”
Consider changing your LinkedIn password from time to time
If you think you are one of those many people who their LinkedIn account passwords had compromised then you should use the above tool to confirm and change it as soon as you can to avoid further compromises. It is also recommended to update other accounts that are using the same password. Who knows that the hackers would use the same compromised passwords for other accounts as well?
If you are not using a password management security tool, then now is the right time to start using one to secure your accounts from online theft. LastPass is highly recommended in this case as it doesn’t store passwords and also it is an efficient password management tool ever created.
