Intel acquires 1Password competitor PasswordBox for its Security Group
Intel has announced that it has acquired PasswordBox, the Montreal-based password management startup that competes with the likes of 1Password and Dashlane.
The acquisition, whose price is yet undisclosed, effectively hires all of PasswordBox’s 48 employees into the Intel Security Group, formerly McAfee, which was acquired by the chipmaker for $7.7 billion in 2011. As reported by Reuters:
The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker said PasswordBox will become part of the Safe Identity organization within Intel Security Group that is focused on simplifying and strengthening security by delivering ideas that reduce the pain of having to memorize dozens of passwords.
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PasswordBox’s flagship app of the same name has been downloaded 14 million times since its launch in June 2013.
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in January in Las Vegas, PasswordBox won the award for best mobile app.
In September, it was updated to version 5.0 for iOS 8 with new features including Touch ID integration and a Safari extension (shown in the video above).
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