[via bit-tech.net]
The attack against Hotmail results in outgoing spam and the loss of all contacts and most sent e-mail.
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.
