Hotmail Passwords Phishing
Posted on October 6, 2009
Filed Under ID Theft, Phishing, cybercrime
Microsoft has confirmed that thousands of hotmail passwords has leaked on the internet.
Microsoft claim that the company hasn’t been hacked, but the information was retrieved by the hackers by phishing. It is rumored that over 10,000 accounts has been hacked. Hotmail has over 400 million registered accounts.
If you own a hotmail account you should head over there urgently and change your login information.
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