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October 5th, 2009, 05:08 PM
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Hotmail account detail posted online.
A report on technology blog neowin.net said that the details of "over 10,000" accounts had been posted to a website.
The blog suggested the accounts had been hacked or had been collected as part of a phishing scheme.
Phishing involves using fake websites to lure people into revealing personal details such as bank accounts or login names and passwords.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8291268.stm
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/1...-leaked-online
By no means does it mean that Microsoft's (Hotmails / Live's) server were hacked into. It was a mix of phishing and *possibly* password guessing .. However if it was a server compromise then it's rather embarrassing for Microsoft.
I'm wondering why it is not on any other website (ISC center).
Parth Maniar,
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