RESOLVED: The LastPass Chrome extension has been restored: Our apologies for any inconveniences caused, and thank you for your understanding and patience.įound this article interesting? Follow Graham Cluley on Twitter or Mastodon to read more of the exclusive content we post. Within a few hours LastPass was able to confirm that it had resubmitted its Chrome extension for Google to review, and it had been republished. Nonetheless, it’s not the kind of thing any firm wants to happen. If you experience issues with the latest release, please. Download Version 4.110.1 Want even more LastPass release notes. Download Version 4.113.0 Want even more LastPass release notes. LastPass browser extension for Google Chrome (full version) provides extra features such as sharing the login state with other browsers. If you had a different browser installed on your computer – such as Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox – you could always install the extension for that.Īnd, of course, it’s worth underlining that no-one’s password was at any risk due to this incident. LastPass browser extension for Google Chrome (full version) provides extra features such as sharing the login state with other browsers. Existing users would not have been affected, as the extension had not been removed from their own computer – just the store.įurthermore, the LastPass extension dropping temporarily out of the Google Chrome web store wouldn’t have prevented users from accessing their passwords, which continued to be available as before from their password vault by signing in to the LastPass website or using the LastPass smartphone app. LastPass extension uses a Chrome api that is only ever supposed to be used when Chrome is being managed by an organization. It’s also important to note that the removal of the extension would only have affected people who were attempting to install the extension. How to add LastPass to Chrome This should only take a minute or so to do: 1. Passwords in LastPass are encrypted locally and protected. Although an embarrassing goof, it’s something of a storm in a teacup security-wise. LastPass is a freeware password manager which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.
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