10,000 Hotmail Passwords Leaked

By on Oct 6, 2009 · 1 Comment 

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According to reports online with confirmation from Microsoft, Over 10,000 Windows Live Hotmail passwords were posted to pastebin earlier today. The accounts are genuine and look like they are mostly Eurpean users who use the @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com domains. More specifically the leaked accounts include usernames that begin with ar to bl.

If your a Windows Live user now might be a good time to go and change your password. Actually, it is good practice to regularly change your passwords. What are you still doing here? Go change your password now, but before you do, click on an add and help a brother out, lol.

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    The Hotmail security breach is an embarrassing blow to U.S. technology giant Microsoft.

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