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Outlook.com and Hotmail block all state govt email after hijacked account sends 8 million spam

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by ronjor, Jun 22, 2018.

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Liam Tung (CSO Online) on 22 June, 2018

For almost two weeks employees at the US State of Oregon with @oregon.gov accounts have been unable email residents who use Microsoft email services after a hijacked @oregon.gov account was used to send eight million spam emails.
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ronjor, Jun 22, 2018

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Any US Gov't agency that isn't using U2F for all their accounts should be shut down. How is it possible that in this day and age such a major security measure would not be required for Gov accounts? Sickening!!

Palancar, Jun 22, 2018

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