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Thanks for all your replies. Yes it is a hotmail. xxx0
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-TangleFoot- wrote: »That's funny - virtually every news story I've read claims that the breach was a result of phishing.
Well, it probably was, but hacked sounded much more dramatic!:DNorthern Ireland club member No 382 :j0 -
It also implies that the weak point was the computer rather than the user sitting in front of it.Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »Well, it probably was, but hacked sounded much more dramatic!:D
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-TangleFoot- wrote: »It also implies that the weak point was the computer rather than the user sitting in front of it.
Were a lot of hotmail addresses and passwords not stolen from Microsoft though? IIRC, there was a news story about all addresses beginning with a or b ended up published on the internet.
By the way, I got done too, and I never click on links on e-mails unless it's from a company I have dealt with in the past. (But never a bank! lol)Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j0
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