Tech | October 06, 2009 | 17 comments

Email password leak update: Gmail, Yahoo, AOL (and Hotmail) hit too

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292299.stm

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After the leak of 10,000 Hotmail and Windows live email passwords and details yesterday, this morning it emerges that another list containing 20,000 e-mail addresses and passwords from Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, Gmail and others service providers has been posted online.

These were posted on the same website as before and are believed to be old, unused or fake accounts however many of them are genuine.

It's unclear if the addresses were collected in the same phishing attack that collected the Hotmail addresses or a separate scam.

Graham Cluley, a security expert of Sophos recommends that users change their passwords as soon as possible and on any other website where they may use the same password.
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17 comments // Email password leak update: Gmail, Yahoo, AOL (and Hotmail) hit too

  • Mikeysfake1
  • carmalite
  • dlamb
  • krush_productions
  • NuclearLullaby
    • 0
      NuclearLullaby  

    • I could hack most people's Emails because most people use very simple generic paswords! This mainly only affects people who open up fake massages & other dumb stuff,so I am really not to concerned, but if some one does try to hack me,they'd better be ready for a major lawsuit!

    • 2 years ago
  • CalgarC
  • frizzlecat
  • cbjones
    • 0
      cbjones  

    • If you change your passwords every six months or so, you're probably smart enough o avoid phishing scams in the first place. As far as suspicious websites go, WOT(Web of Trust) should be mandatory on all web browsers.

    • 2 years ago
  • bailey78
    • 0
      bailey78  

    • I don't play online games and have about 12 or 14 passwords for diffrent accounts. Just how safe is that do i need to send out a trojan horse to see if it gets shot or worst yet horse napped. what are the chances of my stuff being stolen? This kind of crap is the only thing that worries me about the internet. I don't open strange Emails or go to Strange sites and I stay away from porn sites. just how do they get ya when they get ya?

    • 2 years ago
  • Ogaal
  • dlamb
  • ChaosKiller
  • richjm
    • 0
      richjm  
    • dlamb:

      Gmail's the best alternative to the other's mentioned and, even despite the occasionally unreliable service, I still think it's the best for online email. Good features, free, good security (bar this latest breach, obviously.

      Alternatives are Chaos killer's suggestion, gmx.com, inbox.com etc and even the Firefox app Thunderbird.

    • 2 years ago
  • Agent_Alpha
  • richjm
    • 0
      richjm  

    • Wouldn't it be great if this phishing was somehow linked to Mafia Wars and every idiot who's given their password so they can play that game are the ones caught up in this?

    • 2 years ago
  • PsychoAlan
  • richjm
    • 0
      richjm  
    • richjm:

      It's an app that's all over Facebook and it requires a password to start playing. Some phishing scams try the password you give them with your email address and more often that not, it's the same one and they're into your account.

    • 2 years ago
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