Oct
Change your Hotmail password
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Microsoft today confirmed that thousands of Windows Live Hotmail account usernames and passwords had leaked to the Internet, but said the credentials were “likely” stolen in a phishing attack.The company denied that its Web-based e-mail service had been hacked and the account log-in information stolen because of some lapse on its part.
Earlier today, Neowin.net reported that more than 10,000 accounts had been compromised and speculated that Hotmail had either suffered a breach or an aggressive phishing campaign had collected the usernames and passwords by duping people into divulging the information.
Microsoft did acknowledge that Hotmail accounts had been compromised. “Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site due to a likely phishing scheme,” the same spokeswoman added.
Both Microsoft and Jevans recommended that all Hotmail users change their passwords, just in case. “Change it, ASAP,” urged Jevans. (Source-ComputerWorld)
If you’d rather be safe than sorry, take 2 minutes and change your Hotmail password right now.
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