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Over 30,000 email accounts compromised in industry-wide phishing scheme

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Over 30,000 email accounts compromised in industry-wide phishing scheme

In addition to the 10,000-plus Windows Live Hotmail account names and passwords posted online yesterday, another 20,000 email accounts have been exposed, including those from Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, and Earthlink. According to the BBC, over 30,000 accounts have now been compromised across the mail services.

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