If you’re one of the people who still uses Hotmal, MSN, or Microsoft’s Live email services, then it’s time to change your password. A security lapse revealed the names and passwords of up to 10,000 users in a massive phishing scam. After all these years, people still fall for emails asking for names and passwords. I can’t believe it.
While the users definitely exposed were mostly European, and limited to names beginning with A and B, the fact that it was such a well-organized list suggests that there might be more email addresses and passwords floating around out there. It’s always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to hacker protection. There’s no telling how many names and passwords were exposed as a result of this security breech.
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Good tip. I’ve been meaning to change my passwords anyway.
Posted by: Lynda | October 7th, 2009 3:07 pm |