Russian Hackers can Fully Access Your Skype Account, All that's needed is an Email Address

November 14, 2012
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transition away from Windows Live. There have been a small group of “faithful”Windows Live messenger and don’t want to migrate over to Skype. This will certainly add fuel to that fire. It’s clear that Microsoft needs to take care of this quickly. [ source ]]]>

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Mike Johnson is a writer for The Redmond Cloud - the most comprehensive source of news and information about Microsoft Azure and the Microsoft Cloud. He enjoys writing about Azure Security, IOT and the Blockchain.

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  • Since when does skype store history in the cloud? i thought it was more of a peer2peer architecture.. if you chat with someone, then setup your account on a new pc, if both you original pc and the correspondent you were chatting with are offline, you won’t any history restored, as soon as you correspondent or your old pc signs in, the history restore kicks in..

    Indradeo Digumber November 14, 2012 9:10 am Reply
  • This is even more critical now that you can log onto skype with Microsoft logon id’s!

    jason.wiltz November 14, 2012 12:14 pm Reply
  • New version of Skype runs within Modern UI and has been redesigned from the ground up, with some critical changes being made to the Skype platform. You can login now with any form of Microsoft account, including Skype, and your Skype ID will be linked to your Windows ID.

    lucas.jonathan November 14, 2012 12:37 pm Reply
  • I don’t even imagine if any one can hack my account..Ohh Nooo pleaseee

    AnnieGirl November 14, 2012 12:41 pm Reply
  • Russian hackers found a security hole in Skype password recovery tool that allows a third party to take control of your account. All the hackers require is your Skype username and the email address that Skype account is registered to.

    louis_brown November 14, 2012 12:41 pm Reply
  • The popular video chat service said it’s investigating an issue involving its password-reset function, which could allow hackers to overtake user accounts. Skype has disabled the password reset in the meantime.

    ahmedb November 14, 2012 12:43 pm Reply
  • and Microsoft is planning to replace Windows Live Messenger with Skype from next year? They should not rush for such replacements until they are not 101% sure about the security of their product.

    Fredric November 14, 2012 3:15 pm Reply

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