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Shit. I switched to gMail a few weeks ago, but I made a Windows Live account in order to use msn. Nicely done, Microsoft. Nicely done. | |
Shoot! This possibly might explain some things. Well even if I'm not European, I should immediately change my passwords. | |
Gee, when I think of hackers, that image containing attractive people really springs to mind. Also, you people should be constantly changing your passwords anyway. | |
Bummer. | |
Is this why i can't log in to my Msn? >_> | |
awwww crap. now they have access to the archive. there'll be hell to pay if anything happens to it... | |
Just changed mine after hearing this. | |
*claps* Way to go Microsoft. Good to see they still treat their customers as great as they always have in the past. Good thing I only use my hotmail from MSN, and use 2 seperate GMail accounts (one for signing up accounts on websites and notification spam and the other for actual emailing). | |
If it is, sorry to hear that. | |
Shit. I hate changing passwords. Always ends disastrously for me. | |
Thats alright I can barely ever log into msn anyway | |
Good thing I use Gmail then...the fact that this happened at all, though, is quite unnerving to say the least. | |
Well this sucks. Must change password ASAP. | |
To hotmail for me...sigh, second password change in the last month. It doesn't take long, but it's just a bit tedious. Ta for the information. | |
Meh, don't care. Never fallen to any scams yet so I doubt I'm one of the lucky few. I'm wondering, where did this breach take place? On Microsoft's server or something? This is important to know. | |
Oh... damn. | |
A to B? | |
Ditto. I've actually have changed all my passwords now. | |
really? shit. *Logs on to msn to change details* | |
I believe this may be why my MSN today spammed me with saying I have a virus and telling me to download a random file. Which after scanning and isolating I found have a hell of a lot of crap in it... I did try tracing it ended up with nothing though... | |
I never get why hackers do this. Well I'm off to change my passwords even though I don't use MSN, etc. You can never be too careful. | |
You know that it's through a phishing scam that these account details got out right? It's not Microsofts fault people fall for phishing scams... OT:This news isn't really surprising. With phishing scams popping up all the time and being pretty damn successful at getting people to hand over vital account info it was only a matter of time until accounts were leaked over the web. | |
Ah thanks for the heads up, I'l look out for them. | |
Maybe I'm just stupid or something, but I can't figure out how to change my password. It's been forever since I've had to change it... | |
Heh. I don't think I should worry too much, even though my school email uses Live. No one shall ever know my passwords anyway... | |
bollocks in a hat! im gonna change my password right now. edit: wheew, crisis averted. | |
That's what you think. MuuuHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Love Nigerian Scam Artist. If you disagree please PM me with your name, mother's madian name and bank account details. | |
This is why the smart people use gmail. | |
Thanks for the tip I'll make sure I pass it along, bloody mircosoft. | |
Damn. Now I'm going to have to remember a new password. ARGGHHH! I know you should change passwords every 10 seconds or such and leave clues hidden in the paintings of Leonardo De Vinci, but I never do. | |
I'm from the UK, but I've changed my password just in case... | |
Well, i have reinforced my password now, so i should be safe. Apparently one of my friends has no way of changing it for a while though. And his MSN begins with an A as well... that isn't good. | |
Hackers truly have no lives and no friends - except maybe virtual friends. I dont get why they feel the need to make viruses or hack databases...must be some psychological problem they have. I better change my password soon... | |
I changed my password after reading this. Now I can't remember it. :/ | |
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UPDATE: Thousands of Hotmail Passwords Leaked to the Internet
If you use a Hotmail account as your primary email service, you might want to consider changing your password sooner rather than later, in case your account was one of the thousands that had the details posted online.
Tech blog neowin.net has posted reports about a Windows Live Hotmail security breach that has resulted in the account details - notably passwords - of thousands of Hotmail accounts being posted online.
According to neowin, the list was posted last week at pastebin.com, "a site commonly used by developers to share code snippets." While the details have since been removed from the site, the blogger claimed to have seen the list himself, and confirmed its authenticity, saying that "most appear to be based in Europe." The list in question contained more than 10,000 accounts with names from A to B, which would perhaps suggest that further lists exist covering the rest of the alphabet.
The details cover all accounts that connect to Windows Live Hotmail, which includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com addresses. A Microsoft spokesman told the BBC that the company had "been made aware of the claims that Windows Live IDs and passwords have been made available on the web ... [w]e're actively investigating the situation and will take appropriate steps as rapidly as possible."
If you're still using a Windows Live-based email, the odds that you're one of the few affected are rather slim - besides, since you're obviously tech-savvy by virtue of your presence on this site, you're far too smart to fall for phishing scams, right? Still, it couldn't hurt to maybe change your password and security question... just to be on the safe side.
UPDATE: Oh dear. According to the Beeb: "BBC News has seen a list of more than 20,000 more names and passwords that have been posted online.
The list contains e-mail addresses and passwords from Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, Gmail and other service providers."
Even if you're not the type to be caught by a phishing scam, it seems like now is the time to change your email password.
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