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Subject: Re: Hacking at email sites: Organization: MailCity  (http://www.mailcity.lycos.com:80) To: my-login-request@yahoo-inc.com

Hacking email sites: jewwalt@yahoo.com & nemd@yahoo.com

Hello Yahoo.com:

These two sites were recently hacked and password stolen/changed somehow.
I wanted to know if you can disconnect these 2 sites rather than risk a 3rd party
using them for some illicit purpose.
Chris Walters
Owner
NEMD
 
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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:08:20   my-login-request wrote:
>
>Your Yahoo! ID is:  jewwalt
>
>You recently requested a new password for this account.  You don't need to
>do anything, this message is simply a reminder and a notification to protect
>the security of your account.You recently requested a new password for your 
>Yahoo! account. A new password has been generated. 
>
>
>Change Password in Yahoo! Mail
>
>After you've logged in to Yahoo! Mail at http://mail.yahoo.com/,
>click on the OPTIONS link in the left column. In the next screen, select
>USER INFORMATION from the main screen and follow the steps to change your
>password.
>
>Change Password in Yahoo! Chat
>
>After you've logged into Yahoo! Chat at http://chat.yahoo.com/, click on
>Preferences under the Yahoo! Chat banner at the top of the page and follow
>the steps to change your password.
>
>Change Password in My Yahoo!
>
>After you've logged into My Yahoo! at http://my.yahoo.com/ , click on 
>Account Info under the My Yahoo! banner at the top of the page. 
>Then follow the steps to change your password.
>
>Change Password in Yahoo! Classifieds
>
>After you've logged into Yahoo! Classifieds at
>http://classifieds.yahoo.com/, click on Help/Info under the Yahoo!
>Classifieds banner at the top of the page. On the next page, select Changing
>Account Info and follow the steps on that page to change your password.
>
>Change Password in Yahoo! Finance
>
>After you've logged into Yahoo! Finance at http://quote.yahoo.com/, you must
>click on the My Yahoo! View. On the My Yahoo! page, click on the User
>Settings link under the My Yahoo! banner at the top of the page. There
>follow the steps to change your password.
>
>
>Very Important: Check the date on your computer.
>If the date shows a date before 1 Jan 1970 or after
>31st Dec 1999, then the cookie that we set when you
>log in gets forgotten by the browser. To correct this, set
>the correct time and date on your computer.
>This is a common problem.
>
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