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Password manager LastPass ‘strengthened security’ after UK data-breach probe

By Patricia Figueiredo ( December 11, 2025, 17:09 GMT | Insight) -- LastPass, which runs a password management app, said it has strengthened its security practices following the UK privacy regulator's investigation into it over data protection failings. It was on Thursday fined £1.2 million for a 2022 breach affecting up to 1.6 million British users. The regulator found LastPass lacked sufficiently robust security measures, enabling a hacker to access its database in two ways.LastPass, which runs a password management app, said it has strengthened its security practices following the UK privacy regulator's investigation into it over data protection failings....

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