Hotmail accounts 'posted online'

**MIG-31** · Oct 5, 2009, 05:32 PM

Thousands of hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports. Microsoft, which owns the popular web-based email system, told BBC News that it was aware of the claims and that it was "investigating the situation".
A report on technology blog neowin.net said that the details of "over 10,000" accounts had been posted to a website.
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Source: BBC News

comp_ali · Oct 5, 2009, 06:10 PM

I found few of my friends and my brother "online" at Windows live messenger even if they aren't and spam are posted through their accounts via instant messages , once they changed their passwords everything returns to normal.

Oct 5, 2009, 05:32 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,739 Rep Power: 441 System Specs	Hotmail accounts 'posted online' Thousands of hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports. Microsoft, which owns the popular web-based email system, told BBC News that it was aware of the claims and that it was "investigating the situation". A report on technology blog neowin.net said that the details of "over 10,000" accounts had been posted to a website. ____________ Source: BBC News __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Oct 5, 2009, 06:10 PM	#2
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,441 Rep Power: 331 System Specs	Re: Hotmail accounts 'posted online' I found few of my friends and my brother "online" at Windows live messenger even if they aren't and spam are posted through their accounts via instant messages , once they changed their passwords everything returns to normal. __________________