From the Windows Live Team blog:
Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site due to a likely phishing scheme.
One site indicated more than 10,000 Hotmail credentials may have been compromised. Translation: User names and passwords were illegally posted online. Most appear to be accounts in Europe and include @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com accounts. If your account was on this list, you will need to fill out the form linked in the Windows Live Team post to regain access to it, as they are blocking the known compromised accounts for obvious security reasons.
If you haven't yet read How To Avoid Phishing Worms on WLM please take time to do so. While the illegal list was removed, for a period of time, this information was available to those who may use it for phishing schemes. It is important to know what to watch out for, and how to protect yourself.
damn…thats why I stick with G G G Mail…
Apparently another 20,000 or more addresses were compromised including Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink. More details have surfaced in on the BBC News site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8292299.stm
I think its so messed up how people spend time sabotage large websites its not cool I can't stand people who that I had a bad experience when someone got my password to my email account they found my checking information the whole deal it was a nightmare that was not called for.. .
i luv this thing its cool
Nice Blog, but over 10.000 hacked 😉
Hi there,people