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John.Michael.Kane
October 5th, 2009, 06:02 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8291268.stm

You may want to check your account as a precaution.
themusicalduck
October 5th, 2009, 06:14 PM
Well that explains why my old hotmail address suddenly starting spamming everyone I know a few days ago.

I wonder how they got hacked in the first place. I can be fairly sure that I wasn't phished, because I'm fairly vigilant about that sort of thing. Besides, I haven't used my hotmail address for anything other than logging into messenger for years.
pwnst*r
October 5th, 2009, 06:51 PM
several of my friends have had the same thing happen to their yahoo accounts within the last couple of weeks.
afeasfaerw23231233
October 5th, 2009, 06:56 PM
The list can still be found from google's cache. Most of them can still be logged in. Why didn't hotmail suspend those accounts with leaked password?
Marlonsm
October 5th, 2009, 07:03 PM
Mine seems to be fine, although it's not my main email anymore...
NCLI
October 5th, 2009, 07:15 PM
Well that explains why my old hotmail address suddenly starting spamming everyone I know a few days ago.

I wonder how they got hacked in the first place. I can be fairly sure that I wasn't phished, because I'm fairly vigilant about that sort of thing. Besides, I haven't used my hotmail address for anything other than logging into messenger for years.
Just be glad you're not using Yahoo Mail, it's so easy to hack it's not even funny.

Most insecure webmail(based on how often accounts are posted on *chan by Anon.

1. Yahoo Mail
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2. Hotmail
3. Various small-time webmail clients
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4. Gmail
pwnst*r
October 5th, 2009, 07:21 PM
related

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220300878&cid=nl_IW_daily_html
afeasfaerw23231233
October 5th, 2009, 07:25 PM
Wow. Then every one should build his own mail server? But it would be even more insecure if lacking knowledge of how to manage the server...
MellonCollie
October 5th, 2009, 08:57 PM
I bet a sizable chunk of these clowns put their address/password into one of the many block-checking scam websites.
mr-woof
October 5th, 2009, 09:24 PM
how do you search through google's cache? I'll be interested to see if my hotmail account is in the list
t0p
October 5th, 2009, 10:15 PM
how do you search through google's cache? I'll be interested to see if my hotmail account is in the list

Info on how to search Google's cache can be found here (http://rentzsch.com/notes/googleCacheHacking).

This interactive tutorial (http://www.googleguide.com/) will teach you how to use many/most of Google's features. There are other guides to using Google out there on the internet. Googling for "how to use google" or "google tutorial" will help you find them.

Google is a wonderful tool. It's well worth spending a little time to learn how to use all its features.
MellonCollie
October 6th, 2009, 02:23 PM
Google has confirmed to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme".

The search giant said that it had taken immediate action to safeguard the affected accounts.

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The phishing scam was originally thought to target just Hotmail users.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm
jeyaganesh
October 6th, 2009, 02:53 PM
These hackers dont do any other job? They always hacking, phishing, sending fake messages. They are nasty parasites of the digital world.:lolflag: