Re: Possible AIM Hack?

The new edition of AIM has this issue because the product is still
technically in BETA.

The older edition of AIM typically doesn't have this problem.

Remember that AIM is a free service so there are no real SLAs to end
users unless you are using the enterprise edition of AIM.

The inability to log on (authenticate) or create new accounts is because
that piece is controlled from the same mechanism (servers).

James

On 14 Mar 2006 15:57:03 -0000, belka@att.net said:
> Here is the gist of what happened:
>
> March 8th, while using AIM, it logs me off.  When I try to log back in,
> it tells me my password is incorrect.  When I try to rest the password, I
> receive no password rest message.  It is as if the hack changes the
> account e-mail at the same time to prevent password rest.  Lastly, I went
> to create a new AIM account -- but without success.  The error message
> tells me that the service is temporarily unavailable.  I tried from
> several computers, and from different places, to no avail.  As of 09:11
> CST (-6GMT) AIM will still not allow new accounts to be set up.
>
> I haven't seen any news from any source about an AIM hack, but I have
> heard anecdotally from my college aged kids that several of their friends
> were also affected around the same time period and most have not been
> able to establish new AIM accounts.
>
> Is any one else seeing any kind of similar activity/results surrounding
> AIM?  Or am I just a victim of a series of unfortunate events?
>
> Thanks