Widespread Compromise Of Yahoo-Backed Email In New Zealand 47
First time accepted submitter Bitsy Boffin writes "Xtra, the largest ISP in New Zealand, which outsources email provision to Yahoo, has in the last two days been subject to a widespread email compromise, causing potentially thousands of accounts to send spam messages to every address in their webmail address books. Discussion at Geekzone centers around this potentially being a continuation of the Yahoo XSS exploit. While Telecom NZ, the owners of Xtra internet service provider indicate that the problem was "resolved", reports of spam from its members continue unabated. Telecom NZ are advising those affected to change their passwords."
Re:Related to huge spike of spam? (Score:5, Insightful)
or the New Zealand Yahoo is not the only one compromised, just the only one to admit it.
The nice thing about outsourcing... (Score:5, Insightful)
is that you have someone else to blame when things go wrong.
The bad thing about outsourcing....
when things do go wrong, there's usually more than enough blame to go around, and you look bad too anyway.