Peaches Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 28 September 2010, 14:04 Microsoft Hotmail gets account theft protection In a posting on the Windows Team blog, Microsoft has announced two new functions aimed at enabling Hotmail users to recover their accounts should they be taken over by criminals. Previously, an attacker who had obtained a user's password via phishing, a trojan or unencrypted Wi-Fi could lock the user out of their account simply by changing the password. Unless the actual user had entered an alternative e-mail address for a password reset and had remembered the security question, there was no way of reclaiming the account. Details here: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-Hotmail-gets-account-theft-protection-1097726.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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