Gmail and Hotmail CAPTCHAs Defeated

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Gmail and Hotmail CAPTCHAs Defeated

ArsTechnica has the scoop on how the CAPTCHA systems for both Gmail and Hotmail have been beaten and what the industry is doing to make sure it stays beaten. Ugh.


…New findings indicate that both Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail have been compromised again, this time via a more-streamlined attack process. With two of the largest webmail providers once again vulnerable, CAPTCHAs clearly aren't meeting the security needs of either company, and it may be time to reevaluate the use of them altogether.
 
Ohh i knew this for a couple of days now. There was a massive influx of spammers right after it was beaten. We had upwards of 60 people being banned just here alone a day till we updated our security. Some other sites i had this happen to as well. I had 45 spammers banned and well over 200 posts on several forums that i had to weed out cause of this.

IPB, vB have taken measures to help prevent the spammers. reCAPTCHA has also helped on some sites as well.
 
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