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In Octobe, Microsoft said that passwords belonging to some users of its Hotmail email service were exposed on an Internet site. The company did not say how many users were affected, but some reports suggested that passwords of more than 10,000 accounts were exposed.
A Microsoft spokesman said, "We are aware that some Windows Live Hotmail customers' credentials were acquired illegally by a phishing scheme and exposed on a website." The software company said the exposure of the passwords was not a breach of any Microsoft servers.
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