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More than 10,000 Microsoft Hotmail users hacked

Thousands of accounts on web-based e-mail system Hotmail have been compromised in a phishing attack, software giant Microsoft has confirmed.

BBC News has seen a list of more than 10,000 e-mail accounts, predominantly originating from Europe, and passwords which were posted online...

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Madusha6072d ago

Wow that would suck if your account was hacked.

Hackers continue to improve their game, they must face penalties.

FrankDrebin6072d ago

Most N4G users use the Hotmail competition site.

HOTMALE!

Users of HOTMALE don't concerning themselves with hacking or security. NO one wants to see what they are emailing each other about.

verb3k6072d ago (Edited 6072d ago )

Cannot expect any less From Microsoft
"Since we can't innovate, we acquire and then dominate"

SUP3R6072d ago

LOL
That's the fastest I ever closed a website when I checked hotmale.

renegade6072d ago

Annonimous1234@hotmale.com... Rolf

Blaze9296072d ago

Whoa whoa whoa...there are actually 10,000 people use hotmail!?

Thats...thats....THATS OVER 9000!!!!!

kalebgray926072d ago

with every product... except windows 7 hopefully

renegade6072d ago

He missed a thousand more.

IdleLeeSiuLung6072d ago (Edited 6072d ago )

Phising is tricking the user to provide the credentials. That means 10k unsuspecting users gave away their passwords.

It has nothing to do with hacking let alone MS ability to secure their servers. Google once had a security hole that allowed emails to be forwarded to other email accounts via their filters. No password needed!

Why not use the original title of the article? Almost always do we get misleading or in this case plain wrong titles when it is changed!

Rock Bottom6072d ago (Edited 6072d ago )

How the F did you found out about HOTMALE, FrankDrebin?

@IdleLeeSiuLung: This is where I took the title from:

http://i163.photobucket.com...

It's the same source, and I chose that one(obviously) for the hits, you know how things work around here. :p

IdleLeeSiuLung6071d ago

I gotcha! You still contribute to the garbage here. It is already such a hostile environment that I think I'm going to lay off the comments.

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James Bond6072d ago

I told Hotmail users it was dangerous, but they didn't listen. Perhaps next time they'll listen to old James Bond.

renegade6072d ago

You better investigate and kill those hackers! LOL

gta_cb6071d ago

obviously you dont or your just messing around. anyway Phishing is when a user is tricked into giving out their own information aka the accounts WAS NOT HACKED.

a quote from the story
"Phishing involves using fake websites to lure people into revealing details such as bank accounts or login names"

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SUP3R6072d ago

People still use Hotmail? =\

Megaton6072d ago (Edited 6072d ago )

That's what I'm sayin'. I ditched my Hotmail account close to 10 years ago.

Theoneneo816072d ago

yeah i havent used hotmail in a decade lol been aol now using gmail Gmail is the win.

uie4rhig6071d ago

so i haven't really had any problems :) lol

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio21d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing21d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9221d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit21d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing21d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9221d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."