Security Breach: Hotmail Users Should Change Password

Posted on 05 October 2009, at 8:30 pm, by Thomas R. Hall

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Hotmail users have been advised to change their passwords after a massive security breach occurred where over 10,000 account details have been posted publicly online.

Users on the hotmail.com, msn.com, and live.com domains are all affected. Data that was posted online has since been removed, but was mainly European-based account details from letters A – B. Microsoft has encouraged users to change their passwords immediately.

More information can be found on the Windows Live Team Blog.

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2 Comments For This Post

fishgal Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
What’s a good software solution for storing and creating passwords and other secure data? I’m on a pc & iphone.
Thomas R. Hall Says:
October 6th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
@fishgal There are several options out there, but many of us are really partial to eWallet for the iPhone and Windows. Other good alternatives that support sync include SplashID (Mac, Windows, iPhone, other platforms) and Roboform (Windows, iPhone client submitted but not yet in the App Store). There are others out there, but eWallet is really top-notch. Hope that helps!