Hackers stole thousands of passwords in hotmail

Microsoft announced that it has blocked access to thousands of accounts in your email system Hotmail, whose passwords were discovered and exposed by hackers on the Internet site. „We were informed that some passwords of clients Windows Live Hotmail have been illegally obtained by the technique“ phishing „and are exposed on the Internet site, said Microsoft told AFP. This technique is so widespread to be beguiled internet users to provide their personal data. This often involves sending e-mail to a user who is a false sender posing as a representative of the company – most often a bank or other organization that collects, or deals with confidential informatsiya.Tselta is to provide the user again or to update the personal data which the legitimate organization already has, by previous agreement. In some cases, placed links to fake sites, strongly reminiscent of the page to access the original sites. A classic example is quoted by e-mail, notify users of the site of eBay Inc, that has a problem with their passwords and use them zabraneno.Elektronnoto letter contains a direct link (hyperlink), to a site that should be the official website of eBay . Although it looks authentic and all connections (links) in the navigation menu to keep the original site, it is a well-made spear, whose purpose is to mislead the careless user voluntarily give the number of bank card, PIN, social security numbers, date Birth through fake Microsoft preregistratsiya.Ot process of ensuring that measures are taken to block access to all affected accounts, and consumers will help them to enter. This share is not a hacker managed to reach the internal data to Microsoft, the company said. To warn Internet users to be very careful before opening attachments, which were not requested by them and especially to install antivirus programs and to change the password per month and a half.

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