Phish alert for hotmail, @msn.com & Gmail +

[Majic 7]

Saw this at XS. http://www.neowin.net/news/mai...asswords-leaked-online and http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8292928.stm This mostly affects Europe but it may be a good time to change your password for your email accounts.

just saw the first link, amusing.

Update; The carriers are forcing password changes on affected accounts. And some are saying they haven't been hacked, but some reporters are leaving that possibility open, and why not. For me, I think I will try and remember to change my passwords every 90 days.

 

[Malak]

This is only relevant if you are stupid enough to give up your credentials. And no they probably weren't hacked, it was just a trick to show that they could do it. Phishing only works if you are a fish.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So all this was was a massive phish? MS's servers weren't hacked?

Edit: the fact that the usernames were all starting with A and B makes me suspicious. Wouldn't phished accounts be all over the alphabet? It seems more like a hack to me.

 

[Majic 7]

I am not going to blindly accept some large companies statements about how secure their servers are, as far as I know nothing is safe from hacking. I made a thread a while back about Razor drivers being infected with a trojan. It wasn't a bad one but the fact that it was there should make you think about what you click on. What if it was a key logger attached to the drivers? I followed the links in some of the articles and most of the major carriers came up even Comcast, and they aren't in Europe as far as I know. I'm with you Larry, suspicious until proven wrong.