[Vision2020] compromised email accts?

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Wednesday 07 October 2009 14:38:20 Craine Kit wrote:
> There was something about this on the TV news this morning. It was
> warning users of the breach and pointing out passwords one should not
> use. I didn't catch the whole story so can't be more specific.

Here are some links:

Compromised Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail accounts exploited in fake shopping scam
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/100709-gmail-hotmail-yahoo-scam.html 

Researcher refutes Microsoft's account of hijacked Hotmail passwords
http://tinyurl.com/ye3dgwy 

Google Offers Advice On Strong Passwords 
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220301550 


Ken