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10,000 Hotmail Accounts Compromised

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Uh-oh, this is not good.  Mashable just reported today that 10,000 Hotmail accounts were compromised when the login credentials (email address and password) were posted on a website.  Only addresses beginning with A and B were listed, so this could indicate that there are more compiled lists awaiting publication.  Check out the article here.

If you have a Hotmail account, you need to change your password ASAP!  The fact that so many accounts were compromised reflects many of the dangers and pitfalls of cloud computing:
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