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| reply to TearAbite
Re: Hotmail hacked? The larger, more organized groups that are involved with the exploitation of home machines for commercial purposes don't parse the data manually. It's done via keyword scripts & sometimes I may see an occasional "gmail" or "mail.yahoo" entry, I can't recall ever seeing "hotmail" used as a keyword.
I suppose a smaller operator might believe the few cents they would get for that info justifies the effort but the cost in terms of "lost" machines due to the rightful owner getting a heads up that they have may have a compromised machine because of a compromised hotmail account makes it a losing proposition.
But then again, anything is possible because trying to figure out what makes some of these people tick is next to impossible. |
