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).