Hackers get over 10,000 Hotmail passwords, leak them over the Internet!
If you have a Hotmail or Windows Live account, you had better go check it right away. Hackers have managed to get a hold of thousands of Hotmail passwords and posted it online, so we strongly suggest you first log in to your account and change the password before doing anything else right now.
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Neowin is reporting that a phishing scheme has managed to get a lot of those passwords, and an anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at code-sharing site PasteBin. And that huge list of over 10,000 accounts amounts for only those between the letters A and B!
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“The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists. Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com accounts,†the site reports.
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Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed the event and launched its own investigation in the matter, and quickly washed its hands off the matter saying that it wasn’t an internal leak.
