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"It has now been confirmed that the usernames and passwords of more than 10,000 Hotmail users were posted online last week to a website for sharing code snippets.\nAccording to Neowin, who first reported the breach, \u201Cthe list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists.\u201D  The list has since been removed, and Microsoft is now investigating the situation, which impacts users with @hotmail.com, @live.com, and @msn.com email addresses.\nAll users of Hotmail are obviously advised to change their passwords, as it\u2019s not yet known how many accounts may be compromised.  Meanwhile, TheNextWeb reports that the site where the passwords were posted \u2013 Pastebin \u2013 has been frequently used for sharing stolen account credentials.   \nOnce again, the need for strong passwords and a variety of them across services has been brought to light.  More on the Hotmail situation as we get it."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2009/10/05/hotmail-accounts-exposed/>