QUESTION: hotmail passwords

[ted_marx]

Recently I found I couldn't log into my hotmail account because of too many password errors. This lockout ended after a few hours.

 

As I didn't do this, I'm suspecting that someone else was trying to guess mine and tried one too many times.

 

Question: is there anyway I can trace the IP of the offender for this instance, or activate something that will do so in the future? I noted in its password security help screen that MSN hotmail says it "tracks log-in attempts", but I don't know how to get to the information.

 

Any help appreciated!

[5614]

You will not be able to find the information yourself, however it may be archived somewhere within the Hotmail servers, so if this was a serious problem possibly something could be done. You'd have to contact Hotmail and see, however the chances are an individual who has once had a problem will not be significant enough to start searching for IPs etc. but it's worth a try.

[Dak]

try emailing abuse-at-hotmail.com, and tell them that someone has tried to guess your password.

 

abuse-at-hotmail isnt the right email (apparently its for if you've recieved an abusive email), but i cant find the right email addy anywhere on their site. stoopid hotmail

 

Whoever works in the abuse-at-hotmail place should be able to forward it to the right department.

 

Make sure that your password is good and strong -- something like an 8 didjit non-sensical alphanumeric string, in case they continue to try and guess it.

[Klaynos]

I use 10 - 15 randomly generated character strings of numbers, and upper and lower case letters