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Hotmail security breach

by on Oct 5th, 2009, 12:38 pm
Smaller businesses and people who use Hotmail as n email system or backup email system need to change their passwords - Microsoft has confirmed it's investigating a security breach.

It seems that in spite of the industrial strength security everybody of any size applies to these systems - and let's not single out Microsoft or be anti-anything here, nobody honest benefits from this sort of thing happening - reports are circulating stating that 10,000 email addresses and passwords have been taken.

You might want to change yours as a routine precaution.
News Story Tags: hotmail, msn, security
 
 
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Oct 7th, 2009
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Re: Hotmail security breach

Of the millions of email addressees from hotmail, 10,000 isn't that many. Still, I am off to change my password!
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Oct 7th, 2009
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Re: Hotmail security breach

That's quite right, but I did say 'routine precaution' - nothing to panic about I'm sure, and it'll only take a second.
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GuyClapperton is offline Offline
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Dec 7th, 2009
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Re: Hotmail security breach

Mines was one of the addresses, so it does happen.My mail was deleted from my inbox too, so take the precaution !
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