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Korean MSN Site Hacked

An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting that MSN's Korean website was hacked in order to allow usernames and passwords to be stolen. Microsoft is initially blaming unpatched, outsourced servers. Just another embarrassment to Microsoft's security push."

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  1. Before the Micrsoft bashers ejaculate all over by I'm+Don+Giovanni · · Score: 0, Redundant
    their monitors, read the article:

    "The Korean site, unlike U.S. versions, was operated by another company, which Microsoft did not identify. Microsoft's own experts and Korean police were investigating, but Microsoft believes the computers were vulnerable because operators failed to apply necessary software patches, said Sohn, an MSN director."

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    -- "I never gave these stories much credence." - HAL 9000