Email Password Leak Swells - Includes GMail, AOL and YahooMail

Yesterday, when reports indicated that the passwords to certain Hotmail accounts had been published, we tried to play it safe by suggesting that all Hotmail users change their passwords.

Now, we're just going to recommend that everybody revisit those settings, as it seems that the passwords to Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL accounts have also been leaked.

The list was posted on the same site - pastebin.com - as the Hotmail-related one. (Although we should note that pastebin.com's owner doesn't appear to be in any way responsible for the spread of the info.)

Also, in case you were wondering, "BBC News has confirmed that many - including Gmail and Hotmail addresses - are genuine."

So be a little overcautious and change the passwords (and security questions/answers) to all of your email addresses.