News.com reports (“Hole in MSN Hotmail gives full access to email“) that there was a major secuity breach at Microsoft’s Hotmail, which allowed anyone to access any Hotmail user account:
Two Web sites, one in the United Kingdom and one in Sweden, allow anyone to access any Hotmail account without a password. Would-be Hotmail pirates need only know a username to get in.
Several CNET News.com readers confirmed that the Web sites allow access to Hotmail accounts without a password.