Xtra Mail and the yahoo thingee which is the outsourced supplier

[ato2]

Hah- those of us using Xtra Mail, the media are reporting wonderful foul ups- check your on-line edition of stuff or the NZ Herald

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10864681

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[Deano]

Tom, yes, had a few emails from people who are on that service. Lots of unknown contacts in the "to" section.

[Rwood]

Change password; and if you have contact lists elsewhere, delete the names from your Xtra list (might be a minor inconvencience if you compose mails when logged on at the website).

Yahoo are nowhere near as good as Gmail at controlling spam and hacking, in my experience.

[ato2]

Luckily I didn't- I checked my emails and my partner's emails using a portable app on a flash drive first

[ato2]

Yes, they seem rather ratty....also not the best at distinguishing between legit email (that I have got before) and rubbish

[Weather Display]

was the breach for web mail
i.e the address book was stored on the yahoo/extra servers , that was hacked?
if so, why are they telling you to change your password....when that will not help the problem