Security News > 2024 > July > Google apologizes for breaking password manager for millions of Windows users with iffy Chrome update

Google celebrated Sysadmin Day last week by apologizing for breaking its password manager for millions of Windows users - just as many Windows admins were still hard at work mitigating the impact of the faulty CrowdStrike update.

More than 17 million users might have received the broken update and, as Google put it, "Experienced the issue."

Google Password Manager works by storing a user's credentials in their Google Account.

That's assuming, of course, the service doesn't abruptly disappear for almost a day because Google pushed out a broken update.

The incident highlights the risks of using a browser-based password manager, even from a vendor the size of Google, where a broken browser update could leave the password stash inaccessible.

Using a password manager is a sensible precaution from a security perspective.

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