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Dashlane issues opaque advisory warning 20 encrypted vaults were stolen
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Dashlane issues opaque advisory warning 20 encrypted vaults were stolen

Ars Technica · Jun 3, 2026, 7:53 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

There’s a lot that doesn’t add up in a security advisory password manager Dashlane published Monday, warning that attackers managed to obtain 20 encrypted user vaults. “Starting on Sunday, May 31, 2026, an external party launched a brute force attack against certain Dashlane user accounts,” the company said. “The goal of the attack was to brute-force two-factor authentication (2FA) protections to allow the attacker to register new devices on existing user accounts.” Hello, Dashlane, anybody home? A Dashlane user who received such a 2FA request provided this screenshot of the notification, which arrived on Sunday.Read full article Comments

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