07 Oct
Posted by: Admin in: Identity Theft Articles
Recently headlines have included the alarming news that the personal login information for thousands of Hotmail accounts was posted online. While an investigation is being conducted, experts have urged anyone with a Hotmail account to change their password immediately. Many experts also recommend that if you use that account in conjunction with other accounts, such as your social networking account, that you change the information used in those accounts as well.
Today, BBC News announced that more email accounts were posted: Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, Comcast, and Earthlink users appear among those accounts impacted. Again, security experts are urging those with accounts to change their login details.
The security implications of this are massive. Right now, news reports are stating that these appear to be the result of a massive phishing attack.