[TNW]Security hole allows anyone to hijack your Skype account using only email

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Security hole allows anyone to hijack your Skype account using only your email address

A new security hole has been discovered in Microsoft’s Skype that allows anyone to change your password and thus take over your account. The issue was first posted on a Russian forum two months ago and has been confirmed by The Next Web (we have not linked to any of the blogs or posts detailing the exploit because it is very easy to reproduce).

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/11/14/security-hole-allows-anyone-to-hijack-your-skype-account-using-only-your-email-address/?fromcat=all

Update: Skype has fixed the issue, overhauling its password reset process.
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/11/14/skype-plugs-security-hole-letting-anyone-hijack-accounts-says-small-number-of-users-affected/