Hotmail Security Breach
from the and-excellent-customer-service dept
Dan Miller writes "Ok, this is absurd. It seems that anyone with a Hotmail account had their accounts cracked wide open with a few lines of HTML code. When CNN contacted Microsoft, they were referred to Corporate Security, who recommended sending a note to abuse@hotmail.com. That's just great."
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Typical Microsoft
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it was great.
i love it. it was /.ed at about 8:30 central and was taken down at about noon. 3+ hours of fun.
webmail sucks. use secure shell and pine/ mut or whatever...
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Re: it was great.
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Breach
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Fraudulent Email sent out of my account asking for money
You can respond to me and send it to my navy account carlota.scroggs@navy.mil
My work phone is 757-462-8935. I did not know what to do so I called and reported this to the FBI office in Elizabeth City, NC and called my nmci office on the base that I worked. She was the one who advised me to contact you at hotmail security.
Carlota Scroggs
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