![]() LastPass eventually admitted the attacker stole some customer data in a second breach. ![]() Zack Whittaker at TechCrunch helpfully parsed them to show what LastPass was not explaining. Starting in late November, Toubba made several more updates to LastPass’s initial disclosure. We believed our critical account information was totally secure, untouched by intruders. Unequivocally, he assured LastPass customers their master passwords, data, and personal information were safe. The initial disclosure said “an unauthorized party” partially accessed LastPass engineers’ development environment by exploiting “a single compromised developer account.” The intruder stole some source code and “proprietary LastPass technical information.” However, Toubba said there was no impact on the LastPass password management platform itself or its customers. ![]() At first, it was not clear this was a deep and ongoing security breach. 2 Chainz’ Rap or Go to the League unpacks a long-held belief: The only two ways for some kids to make it out of the hood are to rap or play ball.In August 2022, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba posted the first in a series of alarming public disclosures. The marching, Honorable C.N.O.T.E.-produced “NCAA” is the album’s centerpiece, detailing the rapper’s rise from amateur baller to pro rapper while taking on corruption in the sporting world. The song marks college players as victims of institutional suppression of opportunity, implicating the system as exploitative of the primarily black stars who earn billions in revenue for others. Until recently, the governing body that oversees college sports wouldn’t let student athletes profit in any way off their talents or likenesses, and 2 Chainz, a former player himself, weaponizes that hypocrisy into a rallying cry. Here, his flows are leisurely as usual but he sounds slightly perturbed, too, as if he can’t believe the unmitigated gall of it all. ![]() “NCAA” reinforces a fundamental 2 Chainz philosophy: Balling hard should be rewarded. When the concept of self-love has been commodified by hucksters selling $500 infrared sauna blankets, it can be tempting to toss all of your belongings into a dumpster and welcome a life of self-loathing instead. Luckily, with “Caro,” urbano shapeshifter Bad Bunny offers a more practical solution to embracing your worth. The song rescues ideas of empowerment from sponsored hashtag hell, with the Puerto Rican star flicking off critics of his androgynous style and class-collapsing brashness over a trap beat that’s as quietly menacing as an alien hovercraft. “Don’t you see that I’m expensive?” he spits in Spanish, voicing the indignance of anyone who’s been made to feel undeserving because of what they wear or who they love. Then, midway, the sinister instrumental evaporates, and Bad Bunny is joined by none other than Ricky Martin-who was once lambasted by Puerto Rican clergy members after he came out as gay-for a cloud-parting bridge that exposes the song’s pristine core: “Why can’t I just be?” they plead. “What harm is it to you? I’m just happy.” It’s a startlingly vulnerable moment, one that makes this anthem of acceptance that much more invincible. –Ryan Dombalģ00 Entertainment/1501 Certified Megan Thee Stallion: “Cash Shit” Īs a joint thesis statement from two of rap’s biggest breakout stars, “Cash Shit” is almost suspiciously on-the-nose. ![]() Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby-both witty Southerners with distinct if borderline-conventional rap styles-seize the Lil Ju beat as a stage. The production booms and yet is barely there, and actually elevates their vocals. The pair delivers some of the year’s most-recited lyrics: Megan’s capitalist-feminism (“Yeah I’m in my bag but I’m in his too”) was inescapable, both as a club staple and as a trending social media philosophy. DaBaby, as 2019’s reigning steal-your-girl lothario, made for plenty of Instagram captions, too. But even in its ubiquity, “Cash Shit” didn’t get old-arguably, in part, because Megan and DaBaby both rap about sex like they have plenty of it, a transcendent feat among their peers who’ve been clouded in a low-libido haze. ![]()
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