In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults.
Meanwhile, websites in my country don’t allow symbols for fear of code injection attacks, and the allowed max length is 8 characters. You read it right. Fucking hell, it’s Japan…
Do they allow using unicode characters though? Eight characters of kanji might a pretty strong password.
No, no unicode on 99.9% of websites.