Hotmail Users: Update your passwords forthwith! UPDATE: Everyone else update your passwords, too.

UPDATE: ReadWriteWeb is reporting that Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Comcast, and Earthlink have also been hit by the same phishing attack that hit Hotmail. Bottom Line: Update your e-mail passwords, ASAP. Then, it is important to update your password on any other social network where you’ve used that password.

Also see: Scam hits more e-mail accounts

ORIGINAL POST 10/5/09: NetworkWorld is reporting that a hacker posted about 10K passwords of hotmail users briefly, and that other lists may exist. Here’s what you need to do to protect yourself, if you’re a hotmail user:

Update your password.

1. Log-in
2. Go to your username at the top-right of the page, then click “view your account” on the drop-down list
3. In the left-hand column, about half-way down, click “Change” next to “Password: ******” and follow the instructions.

For more information, go to NetworkWorld >>

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