At least 30,000 names and passwords from email providers including Yahoo and AOL have been posted online, according to the BBC News. The list also included thousands of Microsoft Hotmail users.
The term "phishing" relates to the practice of using fake websites to lure people into revealing data such as bank accounts or log in names. This phishing scheme seems to have targeted the whole email industry.
Advice from experts is to be very careful when opening attachments or links from both known and unknown sources and to install and regularly update anti-virus software. People should also change their passwords regularly as getting access to one password enables someone to access lots of things - 40% of people in a survey were found to use the same password for every website.
Phishing attacks are getting more and more clever and fake websites have been set up to look like reputable companies, asking for users login details.
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