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Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - skunkmonster - 10-05-2009
Saw this story on Sky News earlier today and thought I would give you all a heads up.
You can read about it here:
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/report-thousands-of-hotmail-passwords-posted.arsCode:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/05/thousands-of-hotmail-passwords-leaked-onlineQuote from arstechnica.com:
"Password details for Windows Live Hotmail accounts, including @hotmail.com, @msn.com, and @live.com e-mail addresses, were posted by an anonymous user over at pastebin.com, a site that allows users to paste snippets of text and then share it privately or publicly"
RE: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - MyNameIs940 - 10-05-2009
Wonder if my email was posted there.
RE: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - Elektrisk - 10-05-2009
(10-05-2009, 05:37 PM)MyNameIs940 Wrote: Wonder if my email was posted there.
I think I read that most of the emails in the list were the ones starting with "al" and "be" or something. Read the article for more information.
RE: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - St0rmW1nd - 10-05-2009
LOL, I though you were going to post the accounts.
RE: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - Michael - 10-05-2009
Lol i thought that too!
RE: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online - nevets04 - 10-05-2009
I dont use hotmail > : D