Wired: Hotmail Bug, Still an Open Book?
Security updates made last month to Microsoft's free email service, Hotmail, may have failed to fix the problem. Not only that, but privacy watchdogs fear that the fix might actually help the company analyze their users' Web browsing habits. By Michael Stutz. (September 21, 1998)
CNET News.com: New security glitch for Hotmail
Security-minded programmers are finding holes in Microsoft's Hotmail faster than the free Web-based email service can plug them. (August 31, 1998)
CNET News.com: Hotmail plugs security hole
Microsoft's Hotmail today claimed victory over the security holes that have put the free email firm on the hot seat this week. (August 27, 1998)
Wired: Microsoft Rights Hotmail
Microsoft has fixed a serious vulnerability in its Hotmail email program that tricks users into sending their usernames and passwords to an outside email address. By Michael Stutz. (August 27, 1998)
Techweb.com: Microsoft Hotmail Password Breach Exposed
Canadian engineers use JavaScript to show details of log-in information for the free e-mail service. (August 25, 1998)
Wired: Hotmail Open to Script Attacks
Tom Cervenka, a Web programmer at Canadian Specialty Installations, spent last week working on some clever coding to send to his Hotmail account. It tells users account access has been timed out and that they need to re-enter their account and password information. By Michael Stutz. (August 24, 1998)
CNET News.com: Hotmail bug fix not a cure-all
The "fix" wasn't as comprehensive as Hotmail intended. (August, 1998)
Wired: Hotmail Has a Hole - and a Fix
A Danish government official has reported a security hole that could allow unauthorized access to private accounts on Hotmail, the free Web email service. The company confirmed the hole exists and said Friday it would patch it within a day. By Michael Stutz. (February 20, 1998)
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