If you are in current news, then you might already know that LastPass one of the major password manager “felt” that it was somehow breached and some of user data was stolen in hashed form which will not be of any use to that hacker. But for me this is the indication that no
Author: Gaurang
First thing I would like to write is a question .... Why the hack people write their bio in 3rd person ?
I am Gaurang. I work as DBA / DEV for local company in CT. When I am not working, I am either reading other blogs n news OR "researching" / "experimenting" about things that I can do at home / at work OR tinkering with some new hardware/software OR playing games on my desktop.
If you ever wanted to contact me, I can be reached by meATgaurangpatel.net
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