http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-aol-hacked-email-phishing-twitter-20140421,0,6586634.story
By Salvador Rodriguez
Chicago Tribune
April 21, 2014
You've got (spam) mail.
Several AOL users are complaining on Twitter that their email accounts
have been hacked and are being used to send out spam to others.
Multiple users have said that their accounts have been affected despite
not being used in a long time. Among them is Los Angeles Times Food Editor
Russ Parsons.
"I've gotten a couple of emails from friends telling me that my AOL
account had been hacked and that they were getting spammed by it. The
thing is, that account has been closed for at least two years," Parsons
said in an email.
It's unclear how widespread the problem is or what is causing it. Users
are complaining that changing their accounts' passwords is not resolving
the problem, as is usually the case when an email account has been hacked.
AOL has not addressed the situation and could not be reached for comment.
[Updated 3:50 p.m. PDT April 21: AOL said it is working on resolving the
issue. The company said users can go to AOL's help website to check on the
latest updates and said that users should contact AOL if they believe
their account was hacked.
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