news.bbc.co.uk - 10/5/2009
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Microsoft has confirmed that thousands of Hotmail accounts have been compromised in a phishing attack. BBC News has seen a list of more than 10,000 e-mail accounts and passwords which had been posted online. The software giant, which owns the web-based e-mail system, said that it "had launched ...
bit-tech.net - 10/6/2009
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bit-tech.net —
The details of around ten thousand Hotmail accounts
- including passwords - have been leaked to pastebin.com,...
possibly as the result of a phishing attack.
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Thousands of Hotmail accounts leaked
neowin.net - 10/5/2009
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neowin.net —
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows
Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details...
of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at ...
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Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
wired.com - 10/7/2009
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wired.com —
A researcher who examined 10,000 Hotmail, MSN and
Live.com passwords that were recently exposed online has published...
an analysis of the list and found that “123456″ was the most commonly used password, appearing 64 times. Forty-two percent ...
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Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!
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Hotmail accounts 'posted online'
DriverHeaven.net —
... Thousands of hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports. Microsoft, which owns the popular web-based email system, told BBC News that it was aware of the claims and that it was "investigating the situation".
A report on technology blog neowin.net said that the details of "over 10,000" accounts had been posted to a website.
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Source: BBC News ...
Thousands of Hotmail Passwords Posted Online
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... , and claim that most of the accounts appear to be based in Europe and include those with @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com endings. According to BBC news, Microsoft are aware of the problem and requested that the details be removed as soon as it learned of the leak. It has determined that it was not a breach of internal Microsoft data, with the details likely being acquired through a phishing scheme. If you use a Hotmail account, then it is suggested that you change your password as soon as possible. ...
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