A phising attack has compromised thousands of Microsoft Hotmail account passwords according to Microsoft. More than 10,000 usernamesand passwords mostly originating from Europe were posted on online.
Microsoft have said that they are not sure of the scale of the problem. The compromised accounts that have been seen so far all start with the letters A or B. However, this may mean that the list is just a subset of the original data.
Phising is a growing problem with convincing websites taking in many visitors. The advice for users is the sames as it always been: don’t give out important data online.
If you have a Hotmail account then you should immediately change your password and security question so that your news details cannot be compromised. Users frequently use the same password accross a number of different accounts. If one is compromised they are potentially all compromised.