AshMan says…
Information has been passed on about a possible hack or phishing scheme where accounts using Windows Live have been stolen and subsequently had their details posted online.
Sources say that an anonymous user had posted details on the site regularly used by programmers to share code snippets (Pastebin.com) on October 1. The details on that post have since been removed however the details of accounts which had been listed have alarmingly been confirmed to be legitimate and working.
Most of the almost 10 000 emails and passwords divulged appear to be accounts based in Europe and starting with the letters A to B, so it remains possible that other lists also exist.
The accounts which appear to be affected are only the accounts which are used for Windows Live Services such as Live Messenger or Hotmail including the urls: @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com.
The breach has been reported as being raised with Microsoft and is awaiting a response from their PR team so, as news is still only breaking around the World, check back here for further developments as they come to the fore.
For now it is strongly recommended that you consider taking precautions and change your password and secret question; even if you don’t think you are affected at this point in time.
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