HOTMAIL ACCOUNTS HACKED
This is the worst news today! Thousands of passwords of Windows Live Hotmail were leaked online! It was reported in Neowin.net that they received information that thousands of hotmail accounts were hacked. It was stated that over 10,000 US and UK accounts' password were posted in Pastebin.com. They said that it was posted by an anonymous user in Pastebin.com. It was said that not only your hotmail accounts is at risk but also other accounts like XBL, Zune, Hotmail,Connect Login,, and WLM.
PASSWORDS POSTED AT PASTEBIN.COM - HOW TRUE?
We know that Pastebin.com is a collaborative debugging tool or web application which allows the user to share and modify code snippets while chatting on IM, IRC or in the message board. So there is an anonymous user who posted thousands of Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail which includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com accounts last October 1, 2009. Some people said that accounts starting at A and B were the only accounts listed there. Some said that this is is not actually new to Pastebin.com. They saidd that there's nothing new going on that happened on the 1st of October. They said that they always saw passwords listed every month in that site and it might happened that Hotmail passwords listed on October 1 is this was done by either phishing or keyloggers. Some said that somebody from outside or inside the company broke into Microsoft's server that's why passwords were being shown up in Pastebin.com.
In order to check whether it's a fake news or not we tried to visit Pastebin.com. We haven't seen it yet but this news was posted in different technology sites like Neowin.net, Technmeme, and many more. But when we visit Pastebin.com it shows this message - "Network Timeout." So it seems that the website is currently down due to thousands to millions of people who are trying to access this website.
This is really disturbing news. So if you have Hotmail, MSN, or Live account, it's better to change your password and the security answer. Webmaster or owner of Pastebin.com haven't given their statement yet regarding this issue. And as of now, Microsoft is investigating this problem and it was said in BBC News that they will take immediate action to solve this case.
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