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Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:21 pm » by Savwafair2012
Hotmail security breach spreads as 20,000 Gmail and Yahoo! passwords are posted online
The massive security breach that led to millions of Hotmail customers being advised to change their passwords has now spread to users of email services including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
Up to 21million people and businesses who use the Hotmail service in the UK were warned they are potentially at risk of being defrauded after passwords were acquired illegally.
Around 10,000 passwords were obtained by hackers who created a fake website identical to Hotmail's to fool users into entering their email address and password in
'Phishing' scams involve using false websites to lure people into revealing important data such as bank account details, login names or passwords.
Now the BBC claims that another list of over 20,000 email addresses and passwords is circulating, which contains the details for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink accounts.
The latest list was posted on Pastebin.com, the same website to which the Hotmail list was originally uploaded.
The site, which is intended for web developers to share code, has since been taken down for maintenance.
Hotmail's list of users was posted anonymously on to Pastebin.com on October 1. The list was reported by technology blog Neowin.
It is feared that the information could be used by fraudsters to access email accounts and steal personal information such as credit card account details.
A spokesman for Google, which runs Gmail, said: 'We recently became aware of an industry-wide phishing scheme through which hackers gained user credentials for web-based mail accounts including Gmail account.
Breach: Around 10,000 Hotmail passwords were obtained by hackers using the same 'phishing' scam that has now spread to other email services
'As soon as we learned of the attack, we forced password resets on the affected accounts. We will continue to force password resets on additional accounts when we become aware of them.'
The firm stressed that the scam was 'not a breach of Gmail security' but rather 'a scam to get users to give away their personal information to hackers'.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'We advise people to take a commonsense approach and change their password.
'It is early days but we have yet to receive reports of fraud linked to this breach.'
A Microsoft spokesman added: 'We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally and exposed on a website.
'Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.
'We are working diligently to help customers regain control of their accounts.'
Some of the accounts appear to be old, unused or fake. Other addresses on the list include Comcast and Earthlink accounts.
A spokesperson for Yahoo urged consumers to 'take measures to secure their accounts whenever possible, including changing their passwords'.
The massive security breach that led to millions of Hotmail customers being advised to change their passwords has now spread to users of email services including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
Up to 21million people and businesses who use the Hotmail service in the UK were warned they are potentially at risk of being defrauded after passwords were acquired illegally.
Around 10,000 passwords were obtained by hackers who created a fake website identical to Hotmail's to fool users into entering their email address and password in
'Phishing' scams involve using false websites to lure people into revealing important data such as bank account details, login names or passwords.
Now the BBC claims that another list of over 20,000 email addresses and passwords is circulating, which contains the details for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink accounts.
The latest list was posted on Pastebin.com, the same website to which the Hotmail list was originally uploaded.
The site, which is intended for web developers to share code, has since been taken down for maintenance.
Hotmail's list of users was posted anonymously on to Pastebin.com on October 1. The list was reported by technology blog Neowin.
It is feared that the information could be used by fraudsters to access email accounts and steal personal information such as credit card account details.
A spokesman for Google, which runs Gmail, said: 'We recently became aware of an industry-wide phishing scheme through which hackers gained user credentials for web-based mail accounts including Gmail account.
Breach: Around 10,000 Hotmail passwords were obtained by hackers using the same 'phishing' scam that has now spread to other email services
'As soon as we learned of the attack, we forced password resets on the affected accounts. We will continue to force password resets on additional accounts when we become aware of them.'
The firm stressed that the scam was 'not a breach of Gmail security' but rather 'a scam to get users to give away their personal information to hackers'.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'We advise people to take a commonsense approach and change their password.
'It is early days but we have yet to receive reports of fraud linked to this breach.'
A Microsoft spokesman added: 'We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally and exposed on a website.
'Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers.
'We are working diligently to help customers regain control of their accounts.'
Some of the accounts appear to be old, unused or fake. Other addresses on the list include Comcast and Earthlink accounts.
A spokesperson for Yahoo urged consumers to 'take measures to secure their accounts whenever possible, including changing their passwords'.
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