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More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user (www.theverge.com)
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More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user::Security experts believe some of the LastPass password vaults stolen during a security breach last year have now been cracked open following a string of cryptocurrency heists

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no recovery if you have a single hardware token in use only. But that's a structional issue with your concept.

Instead, it is recommended to have two (or more) identical Hardware Tokens to replace one that dies.

It is also smart to keep the seeds for things like 2fa in some secure backup with schizophrenic paranoia proof Security measures.