Gmail, Yahoo! Mail passwords also hacked?

Users of many popular email services have been warned to change their passwords, after it was revealed that the hacking attack which saw over 10,000 Hotmail account email addresses and passwords published online was also tageting other email services, including Gmail and Yahoo!

The passwords for the thousands of Hotmail accounts were posted online, and are thought to have been collected through a 'phishing' attack, in which email users are tricked into giving their details to what they think is a trustworthy source.

Now the BBC is reporting that another list of over 20,000 email addresses and passwords is circulating, which contains passwords for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, Comcast and Earthlink accounts. More...

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