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Email Password Leak Swells To Involve All Major Providers
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2009-10-06
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Yesterday, when reports indicated that the passwords to certain Hotmail accounts had been published, we tried to play it safe by suggesting that all Hotmail users change their passwords. Now, we're just going to recommend that everybody revisit those settings, as it seems that the passwords to Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL accounts have also been leaked.
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The bad news comes courtesy of the BBC, which reported this morning, "The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought. BBC News has seen a list of more than 20,000 more names and passwords that have been posted online."
The list was posted on the same site - pastebin.com - as the Hotmail-related one. (Although we should note that pastebin.com's owner doesn't appear to be in any way responsible for the spread of the info.)
Also, in case you were wondering, "BBC News has confirmed that many - including Gmail and Hotmail addresses - are genuine."
This development obviously raises similar questions to the ones everyone asked yesterday: How were all of the passwords obtained? Who leaked them? And how many more are available through back channels?
So be a little overcautious and change the passwords (and security questions/answers) to all of your email addresses.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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