Stolen Password

[Neil Morrison]

Does the term 'AOL' give you a clue? Microsoft's Hotmail was hacked, and
many passwords were stolen. Same with many sites that stored customers'
credit card info.
Best passwords are totally random, but if the master site is hacked - you're
screwed.

Regards,

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey A. Kader" <optom at ATTGLOBAL.NET>


> "H.G. Jerry Dowell" wrote:
...
> >     Within the past 24hrs someone has taken my AOL screen name &
password,
...
>
> Jerry, how does someone "steal" a password? The whole idea of a password
is to
> "protect" a system. Harvey.

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