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    Thousands of Hotmail Accounts Breached

     
    A phishing attack targeting Microsoft's popular Hotmail email service has potentially compromised thousands of user accounts. The Redmond-based software giant is investigating the issue, while in the meantime, a security expert with Sophos recommends Hotmail users change their passwords.

    Although the details have since been removed, BBC News and Neowin has seen a list of 10,028 names beginning with the letters A and B.

    BBC News has confirmed that the accounts are genuine and predominantly originate in Europe.

    Source: BBC NEWS | Technology | Thousands of Hotmail users hacked
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    Around 40% of people use the same password for every website they use, he added.
    Really...?




    I've got literally dozens of different passwords for different sites/places...
    I've seen the light... It was green, flashy and attached to a Network Interface Card...
    Whenever someone says "You can't miss it", I invariably do...

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