Thousands of usernames and passwords from hotmail.com, msn.com and live.com accounts were posted on a third-party site (http://pastebin.com), Microsoft has confirmed. The Windows Live Hotmail data leak was not due to a phishing scheme and not a data breach, Microsoft said. The Hotmail users affected appeared to be mostly based in Europe.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Microsoft Confirms Hotmail Data Posted on Web Site
Thousands of usernames and passwords from hotmail.com, msn.com and live.com accounts were posted on a third-party site (http://pastebin.com), Microsoft has confirmed. The Windows Live Hotmail data leak was not due to a phishing scheme and not a data breach, Microsoft said. The Hotmail users affected appeared to be mostly based in Europe.
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