
The company gave reassurances that customers with strong master passwords shouldn't worry – "it would be extremely difficult to brute-force guess master passwords for those customers who follow our password best practices." LastPass doesn't know its users' master passwords.

experts estimate that nearly 45 million Americans use password managers. Note that the survey was conducted in November – about a month before LastPass shared details about what was stolen in the breach.

A survey of over 1,000 Americans by, a website that tests cybersecurity products, said LastPass slipped from being the most popular manager in 2021 to fourth place in 2022.

Experts and users are understandably frustrated – leaving LastPass struggling to maintain its reputation for unparalleled excellence in its field.
