The Windows Live team have finally restored over 17,000 affected Hotmail accounts that went ka-put over the new year transition.
Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account.
Microsoft tackles a problem with its email filters that had prevented them from properly screening out spam.
Based on my inbox this morning I have won a contest at every supermarket in the UK. Still at least that explains it...
Popular webmail providers including Gmail and Hotmail are investigating a report that millions of their users' login details are being shared online by a hacker.
