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Hotmail Credentials Stolen through Phishing

posted October 7, 2009 - 3:23am
Hotmail Credentials Stolen through Phishing

A phishing scam has come to notice, wherein a large number of Hotmail credentials were accessed and posted onto a third party website. These claims have been accepted by Microsoft, which is now trying to set up a process for the affected account holders. The number of compromised may be close to 10,000. The accounts may hve been compromised to gain information or spam them before being blocked. For more information on the article, click on the link below.


Article: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security...

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