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Hackers Post 10K Hotmail Passwords Online

Operation may have thousands more; Microsoft investigating

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(Newser) – Names and passwords for at least 10,000 compromised Hotmail email accounts were made public today, and Microsoft says it's investigating. A list of account names and passwords that was posted to a software development forum may only be a small part of the cache of stolen info—it consisted entirely of accounts that began with the letter A or B, the BBC reports.

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odowd80
Oct 5, 09 6:25 PM CDT
Glad I don't use Hotmail. Reply
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2-bits
Oct 5, 09 10:23 PM CDT
SEE NAKED STOP THE COMMENTS @LOOK@: http://tinyurl.com/ye248yz
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drlarrymitchell
Oct 6, 09 12:01 AM CDT
Ditto. This is a big whoops.
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Yourself
Oct 5, 09 7:09 PM CDT
glad i have my own email through my website and host. screw online email services. Reply
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Antiks
Oct 5, 09 7:36 PM CDT
Just use a strong password. Use a mixture of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters. Most people don't and get pwnd. Reply
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