Account Security & Privacy
The Vault Problem: When Your Password Manager Gets Hacked and What You Can Do About It
Password managers are the cornerstone of modern personal cybersecurity — but the 2022 LastPass breach proved that centralizing your credentials in a single encrypted vault carries its own category of risk. This guide unpacks how password managers actually work, what went wrong at LastPass, and how to configure your chosen tool so that a provider-level compromise doesn't become your personal catastrophe.