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Hotmail Hacked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-happened-again dept.

SyD writes " Apparently there is a major security hole on Hotmail that could allow crackers to read your e-mail. A hacking group known as root core discovered the hole and reported it to Microsoft. " This isn't the first time that the folks who are gonna give us a internet wide universal login system had a hole. The funny part is that I posted a story almost exactly like this like 2 years ago, and about once a week, someone emails me and says "I think my boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on me and I really need to know the backdoor into hotmail to find out". No I'm not kidding. You can't make that stuff up.

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  1. Now if they could only figure out google's cache by moogla · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I could open internal links on a dead site using google's cache. What is that field next to the URL anyway?

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  2. Step-by-step hacking tutorial by cyberformer · · Score: 4, Offtopic
    The Register has a nice guide that explains exactly how you can exploit the hack.


    For script kiddies who don't want to be bothered with the detailes, there's even a Windows program that automates the process.

  3. Re:Again? by OmegaDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Apparently there is a major security hole on Hotmail that could allow crackers to read your e-mail.

    Score: -1, Redundant

    Whats with this new trend ? say something stupid, perdict you will be moded down -- and be moded up for that ?

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  4. Re:Again? by ShoeHead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He's talking about the story, idiot.

  5. You are a sick piece of shit by Listen+Up · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Fuck you for linking to something so fucking disgusting. You are a piece of shit.

  6. Re:Oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    stop signing up for the free trials...

  7. Re:Very secret information.... by Cederic · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Hi, how am I breaking the law? I'm sat here in my car, the engine blew up and I didn't go anywhere.

    Was I meant to put the car in gear and take the brakes off at some point?

    Seriously, which idiots modded this guy up to +5? It's off-topic, not amusing, and wrong.

    As for the hotmail thing: it is a bad hole, you shouldn't be able to view other people's email. And you can easily automate the number guessing. So it needs to be fixed, and I'm glad I don't use hotmail.

    ~Ced

  8. Re:Very secret information.... by Evil+MarNuke · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know I tired this crack but it didn't work.

    Do you think it would help if my router wasn't shoved up your ass side ways?

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  9. Re:Dear Rob by crayz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That time Randal Schwartz's account was hacked remains one of the funniest things I've ever read. That post, and the others, were works of art.