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skunkmonster

10-05-2009, 05:27 PM
Saw this story on Sky News earlier today and thought I would give you all a heads up.
You can read about it here:
Code:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/report-thousands-of-hotmail-passwords-posted.ars

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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/05/thousands-of-hotmail-passwords-leaked-online

Quote 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"

MyNameIs940

10-05-2009, 05:37 PM
Wonder if my email was posted there.

Elektrisk

10-05-2009, 06:01 PM
(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.

St0rmW1nd

10-05-2009, 06:44 PM
LOL, I though you were going to post the accounts. Tongue

Michael

10-05-2009, 07:29 PM
Lol i thought that too!

nevets04

10-05-2009, 07:32 PM
I dont use hotmail > : D
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