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Hotmail Attack Deletes Contacts, Emails
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-02-03 15:25:11 202
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Caused by 'a certain Malware', says MS.
Author: Gareth Halfacree @ Bit-Tech
Reports are circulating the web of a Hotmail crack resulting in the loss of saved e-mails and users' entire contacts list, along with spam being sent out from the affected accounts.
Following a tip-off from Spotibot developer Andy Smith - who has first-hand experience of the phenomenon, having provided support to a family member affected by the crack - evidence of a co-ordinated attack against Hotmail users which aims to take over accounts and use them to send out spam for Chinese-based electronics websites has been uncovered.
The first thing a victim is likely to notice is a sudden loss of all sent e-mails - and possibly all e-mails full stop - along with the deletion of their entire contact list, mostly likely as a method to stop users easily warning people that the last message sent from the account was from the spammer behind the attack. So far, the attackers do not appear to be changing account passwords - allowing users to log back in and reclaim their accounts.
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