and to think of all the people who claimed that there was nothing wrong with Hotmail security and the PCPro chap who switched to Hotmail over Google must have had his password hacked by an alternative site.....
oh well, I'm sure this is just a coincidence, right.
Well, since the PCpro guy logged right back in to his email, however it was compromised it wasn't with the password reset token.
If it had been the password reset token, they wouldn't know his original password, they'd have changed it to something that only the hacker would know and he wouldn't have been able to log back in like he did.
So yes, it was a coincidence and/or another unknown hack.
PcPro (Score:5, Insightful)
and to think of all the people who claimed that there was nothing wrong with Hotmail security and the PCPro chap who switched to Hotmail over Google must have had his password hacked by an alternative site.....
oh well, I'm sure this is just a coincidence, right.
Re:PcPro (Score:5, Insightful)
Well, since the PCpro guy logged right back in to his email, however it was compromised it wasn't with the password reset token.
If it had been the password reset token, they wouldn't know his original password, they'd have changed it to something that only the hacker would know and he wouldn't have been able to log back in like he did.
So yes, it was a coincidence and/or another unknown hack.
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So yes, it was a coincidence and/or another unknown hack.
Not necessarily so... The following scenario could have happened:
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Even more likely the PCpro guy reset his password and simply didn't mention that step.