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Update: MS Says Hotmail "Security Issue" Resolved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flaks-say-the-darndest-things dept.

Bartleby writes "Here is MS's letter about the 'service issues that have generated questions about security.' A textbook example of PR-driven understatement. When my colleague and I logged in to his Hotmail account with no password using simple HTML, we thought it rated a little higher than a 'service issue.'" Previous Slashdot story about this Hotmail 'service issue' here.

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  1. remarkable spin by stuntpope · · Score: 4
    I just read on http://news.bbc. co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_434000/434120.stm an official response from Microsoft that shows their continued inability to take the blame. Rather, they'd point the finger elsewhere.

    MS spokeswoman Erin Sanford is quoted as saying, "The security of our system is paramount and it was necessary to shut down Hotmail for a short period to stop this difficulty. We will be looking at how the information which created this problem was made public."

    So, MS is saying the publishers of the exploit are the ones responsible for the problem. No way could it be MS's fault!

    typical