Issue is not high risk: Microsoft
According to various sources, Microsoft, in a statement, has downplayed the threat and believes that the users are unlikely to face any impact due to the level of complication in the process.

Microsoft spokesman, Jerry Bryant said, "Given the level of required user interaction, this issue is not one we consider high risk in the way a remote code execution would possibly be to users."

With the help of Debix, a popular ID protection service provider, the offer will be available to millions of users of PlayStation network and Qriocity for free for a year from the time they register for the service.

In his blog post Stringer wrote, "As a company we — and I — apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack."

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The company which offers its services to millions, is now advising its users to change their master password which is used to retrieve stored passwords and other information.

According to LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist’s blog post, "We know roughly the amount of data transferred and that it's big enough to have transferred people's e-mail addresses, the server salt and their salted password hashes from the database. We also know that the amount of data taken isn't remotely enough to have pulled many users' encrypted data blobs."

Company to assume the worst