October 5th, 2009, 05:28 PM
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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. Quote:
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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