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Hotmail accounts hacked |
Bonovox
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Has anyone heard the story today on the news about hackers have hacked into thousands of email addresses. People have been urged to change their passwords as a precaution. Would do think i just seen it on the news.
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Bonovox
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Sorry update its only Hotmail users i am on Google mail
Phone?? What phone?? |
hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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Oh, I never liked Hotmail anyway. Gmail for me too.
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Bonovox
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Sorry again i got the story wrong. what's happened is thousands of hotmail gmail and yahoo users were targeted by a scam which made some people having to enter their details into a fake email which was sent to them. it asked them to enter their passwords and then of course if you fell for it they get hold of you details. so that never happened to me so no worry. i kept hearing quick bits of the story and kept getting it wrong. anyone had this email
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hihihans
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Nope, no mail for me. Wouldn't fill it in anyway. If they had problems with codes they don't want to recieve a million mails. 
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djtwistter
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From: UK
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i use hotmail for all the rubish things and msn but my banks stuff stays in gmail 
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Bonovox
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I just changed the title
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julias
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Which is the most secure e-mail account? |
masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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most email accounts are pretty safe until you go clicking phishing links and giving your credentials to a fake web site
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Bonovox
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Yes indeed i realised what it was later on. I never click on anything i don't know
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julias
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On 2009-10-07 01:56:39, masseur wrote:
most email accounts are pretty safe until you go clicking phishing links and giving your credentials to a fake web site
But sometimes its difficult tell a phishing site and they are getting better and better hence this situation we have
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Bonovox
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You can read more on this story on www.bbc.co.uk/news
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masseur
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@julias, nonesense. if there is any doubt you don't click the link. or indeed make a rule for youself that you never click such links
simply make your own way to the site via a known link and log in that way and if there is some action you are supposed to take, such as confirming certain details, then you will be prompted at login
I NEVER click links in emails that require me to log in to an account. I ALWAYS start a new windows session and make my own way to that site... then you can never go wrong
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julias
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Well looks like its Gmail,AOL,and Yahoo now too http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm |
masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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but this is not really news! Phishing has been around for several years!
I don't understand this sudden news activity for this common internet phenonemon which is these days checked and reported by most of the standard internet security softwares
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Posted: 2009-10-06 22:06
