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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Not hacked by AI at all.
According to reporting, he downloaded an AI tool that happened to include malware. The malware stole information from his machine including his keystrokes as he typed his 1Password login and password. Once they had the 1Password login information they had all his other logins and passwords too.
Two quick takeaways: Be careful about what software you download and make use of 2FA.
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Very sad story indeed, the malware provided the same access as of sitting at the computer. Several lessons to be learned.
Hackers stole this engineer's 1Password database. Could it happen to you? | ZDNET
"The WSJ article discusses 1Password at length, pointing out that the victim was using the password manager to store 2-factor authentication keys for many sites, and that he hadn't turned on 2-factor authentication for 1Password itself.
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In this case, it's hard to assign any fault to the password manager. Bad guys had unrestricted access to his computer for five months!
The keyboard logger was capable of stealing every set of credentials he used during that time, even if the usernames and passwords were typed in manually. "