CyberVor

As you may have heard, earlier this week it was reported that a Russian cybergang had stolen 1.2 billion user name and passwords as well as 500 million email addresses. These astounding numbers were discovered by a Milwaukee security firm, Hold Security, as reported in the New York Times. You may remember Hold Security as those who identified and tracked the Target breach back in February.

While it is still an ongoing investigation, and some may be skeptical of the details of the massive breach, Hold Security released a blog post on August 5th stating that the cybergang, being referred to as “CyberVor,” “is currently in possession of the largest cache of stolen data,” and that “as long as your data is somewhere on the World Wide Web, you may be affected by this breach.”

What does this mean for you?

We would like to take this time to remind you of a few password-safety best practices and how you can protect yourself in a situation such as the “CyberVor breach.”

1. Use Unique and Strong Passwords for every site.

Make sure that you are using unique passwords so that you can minimize your damages from future hacks. Also, if you have used your RoboForm Master Password on other sites, we recommend that you change your Master Password immediately. You can do so via your RoboForm Online Account portal: https://online.roboform.com/login

2. Change your passwords regularly.

It is extremely important to change all of your passwords on a regular basis. Out of precaution, you may want to change your online banking passwords and passwords on any financial or other sensitive sites. RoboForm users can use RoboForm’s Password Generator to quickly generate new passwords for their logins (you’re welcome!).

3. Use a Password Manager to safely store your online login information.

We had to say it-, if you’re not using RoboForm’s password manager already, we highly recommend that you start to now. Having a password manager allows you to easily follow online security best practices. RoboForm will remember all of your passwords for you and safely encrypt them all behind your one Master Password. RoboForm also allows you to use strong and unique passwords for every site. That way, if a hacker has one password, they don’t have them all.

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