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Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - SMITHY558 - 10-06-2009
"The scale of the phishing attack on Hotmail could stretch further than first thought, with accounts on Google and Yahoo now threatened....."
So they say, there could be over 1 millions phished passwords WOW.
Article below to read on.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Hotmail-Email-Password-Scam-Hits-More-Accounts---Including-Google-And-Ymail/Article/200910115400608?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_7&lid=ARTICLE_15400608_Hotmail_Email_Password_Scam_Hits_More_Accounts_-_Including_Google_And_Ymail
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Conspiracy - 10-06-2009
Headline yesterday, it's just mass-advertising of a phisher? or what?
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Vorfin - 10-06-2009
Yeah, it was on BBC news.
The thing is they make it out to look like you have to reply and e-mail back your details. Like with the old postal scams.
They always skip over the part that it can be done with a login page the looks identical. If they told people that then they would get less accounts stolen.
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Skawke - 10-06-2009
At least it's not a server sided hack.
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Vorfin - 10-06-2009
(10-06-2009, 03:35 PM)HaruhiSuzumiya Wrote: At least it's not a server sided hack.
Although, a server side hack, disguised as a phish would be epic win.
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Kernel32 - 10-08-2009
Or just someone who stealed the account
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Headshot - 10-08-2009
PHISHERS ON STEROIDS!?
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - Xch4ng3 - 10-08-2009
I've said this so many times on other forums etc etc. If you fall for a phisher you deserve to have your account stolen. Unless it was a server side hack (and it wasn't) it's your fault.
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - BlizzStaff - 10-08-2009
Holy crap! thats a lot of passwords. I wonder if anyone's ever devised something to figure out the most common passwords xD
Good Info
RE: Hotmail Email Password Scam Hits More Accounts - UNDERWIRE - 10-08-2009
That's scary bro...