{"id":21372,"date":"2023-01-18T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valeurbit.com\/blog\/?p=21372"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:45:13","slug":"norton-lifelock-warned-customers-about-hacking-thousands-of-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valeurbit.com\/blog\/norton-lifelock-warned-customers-about-hacking-thousands-of-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Norton LifeLock warned customers about hacking thousands of accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Users of the Norton LifeLock password manager have been warned about a possible leak of keys.\u00a0Gen Digital sent 6.4 thousand notifications to users whose data could have been compromised,\u00a0writes\u00a0TechCrunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the company itself assures that the leak was not due to a security vulnerability, but due to the lack of two-factor authentication for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is noted that the attackers received logins and passwords from December 1, but the company discovered this only on December 12.&nbsp;Then we recorded a jump in unsuccessful attempts to enter the service.&nbsp;As a result of the leak, first and last names, as well as phone numbers and e-mail addresses, got into the public domain.&nbsp;The company warns that attackers could gain access, including passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, more than 925,000 active and inactive accounts were attacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the Norton LifeLock password manager have been warned about a possible leak of keys.\u00a0Gen Digital sent 6.4 thousand notifications to users whose data could have been compromised,\u00a0writes\u00a0TechCrunch. 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