<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Picked this up out of the UK Daily Mail:<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Hotmail passwords security breach spreads to Gmail and Yahoo!<br></span></font></h1><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">By </span></font><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Kate+Loveys+" class="author" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 53, 128); text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">KATE LOVEYS </span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">and </span></font><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Graham+Smith" class="author" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 53, 128); text-transform: uppercase; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">GRAHAM SMITH</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br>Last updated at 3:53 PM on 06th October</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The massive security breach that led to millions of Hotmail customers being advised to change their passwords has now spread to users of email services including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Up to 21million people and businesses who use the Hotmail service in the UK were warned they are potentially at risk of being defrauded after passwords were acquired illegally. <br></span></font></div><p class="article" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Around 10,000 passwords were obtained by hackers who created a fake website identical to Hotmail's to fool users into entering their email address and password in a 'phishing' scam.Now the BBC claims that another list of over 20,000 email addresses and passwords is circulating, which contains the details for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink accounts.The latest list was posted on Pastebin.com, the same website to which the Hotmail list was originally uploaded. The site, which is intended for web developers to share code, has since been taken down for maintenence.Hotmail's list of users was posted anonymously on to Pastebin.com on October 1.</span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">It is feared that the information could be used by fraudsters to access email accounts and steal personal information such as credit card account details. </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">A spokesman for Google, which runs Gmail, said: 'We recently became aware of an industry-wide phishing scheme through which hackers gained user credentials for web-based mail accounts including Gmail account.</span></font></div><div class="clear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; float: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; "></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Breach: Around 10,000 Hotmail passwords were obtained by hackers using the same 'phishing' scam that has now spread to other email services</span></font></div></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; "><div class="clear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; float: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; "></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">'As soon as we learned of the attack, we forced password resets on the affected accounts. We will continue to force password resets on additional accounts when we become aware of them.'</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'We advise people to take a commonsense approach and change their password. It is early days but we have yet to receive reports of fraud linked to this breach.'</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">A Microsoft spokesman added: 'We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally and exposed on a website.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">'Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">'We are working diligently to help customers regain control of their accounts.'</span></font></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p><div class="clear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; clear: both; width: auto; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; float: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; "></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font><span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Read more: </span></font><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218272/Microsoft-Hotmail-accounts-hacked-posted-online.html#ixzz0TAV0apH1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 53, 128); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218272/Microsoft-Hotmail-accounts-hacked-posted-online.html#ixzz0TAV0apH1</span></font></a></span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218272/Microsoft-Hotmail-accounts-hacked-posted-online.html#ixzz0TAV0apH1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(0, 53, 128); "></a></span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">(<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218272/Microsoft-Hotmail-accounts-hacked-posted-online.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218272/Microsoft-Hotmail-accounts-hacked-posted-online.html</a>)<br></span></font></font><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Oct 6, 2009, at 1:30 AM, keely emerinemix wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Has anyone else gotten a notice that email accounts ending in MSN.COM or Hotmail.Com have been compromised and that holders of such accounts need to reset their passwords to avoid all manner of catastrophe and distress? I got one today, but I'm wary of resetting my password and making any changes until I know it's true.<br><br>I'm 90 percent sure this is bogus, but has anyone out there heard anything?<br><br><font color="#8064a2"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt; "><font face="Verdana">Keely<br><a href="http://www.keely-prevailingwinds.com">www.keely-prevailingwinds.com</a><br></font></font></font><br><br><br><hr>Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/" target="_new">Sign up now.</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>