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Massive Phishing Campaign Hits Multiple Email Services
nandemoari writes "It seems as if the massive phishing campaign reported yesterday was not specific to Hotmail, as was initially believed. According to a report by the BBC, many Gmail and Yahoo Mail accounts have also been compromised. Earthlink, Comcast, and AOL were also affected. While the source of the latest attacks has not been determined, many are pointing to the same bug that claimed at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail. Microsoft has done their part in blocking all known hijacked Hotmail accounts and created tools to help users who had lost control of their email. An analysis of the data from Hotmail showed the most common password among the compromised accounts to be '12345.' On their end, Google responded to the attacks by forcing password resets on the affected accounts."
An analysis of the data from Hotmail showed the most common password among the compromised accounts to be '12345.'
That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.
With an extra digit for security! ;-)
-- Boycott Shell
That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
See, that's why they got their accounts hacked. I use 67890 on all my accounts so I'm sure they'll never get hacked :)
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
012345
This all sounds a bit....phishy to me.
"Our goal each year should be to increase the number of goals we set for ourselves!"
"Remind me to change the password on my luggage!"
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
> ...how do I know if I've been affected?
Are you a fool? If not you are ok.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
People with "12345" or similar passwords should get their own internet, where they would be allowed to share lolcatz and powerpoint chains, play with their purple internet buddy, and zap those cute webmonkeys on banners without hurting themselves. Alternatively, maybe the webmail providers should set more strict rules for the passwords.
Hey I play with my purple internet buddy each time I go on the computer and have never hurt myself or anyone else!
People with "12345" or similar passwords should get their own internet, where they would be allowed to share lolcatz and powerpoint chains, play with their purple internet buddy, and zap those cute webmonkeys on banners without hurting themselves.
Didn't they use to call that "AOL"?
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"
Ah, but only a great fool would fall for such an attack, and I am no great fool, so clearly I cannot click the link. But you must know that I am no great fool and thus I cannot not click the link....
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
Real grammar nazis also know that it wasn't a sentence.
I love you. Will you marry an anonymous coward?
Doesn't look like it. Sorry.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Affected users have been placed on an isolated network where they can't do anything but post whinges about Microsoft and Apple to a web server that runs SSL using a self-signed certificate and actually follows the RFCs.
> The fact that it's a free email account shouldn't mean you're allowed to set
> your password to *anything* you want.
And one of the things you should not be able to set it to is anything anyone else has already used. In other words, on these systems passwords should be unique.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.