More On the E-Mail Hijackings

Internet security experts are warning millions of email users not to get caught with their pants down and change their passwords immediately.



Following an apparently effective scam that harvested thousands of Hotmail login identifications and posted them online, Microsoft and other email providers are telling account holders to be safe and to change their login information as soon as possible.



Password information for Hotmail (Microsoft), G-Mail (Google), Yahoo, America OnLine (AOL), Earthlink and Comcast accounts were also posted in the online listing that was taken down shortly after it appeared but was certainly up long enough for those with criminal intent to copy the information.



Microsoft, Google and Yahoo said they are working with customers to recover any hijacked accounts.

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