<p>First it is important to make clear that World Money Laundering Report, which is owned by Vortex Centrum Publishers which also owns ChiefOfficers.Net, has confirmed that the fraud does not involve any breach of its own servers or email accounts. Exactly how the criminals are operating is not clear at this point but there is no security breach at our mail or other servers.</p><p>The criminals have developed a system under which they create accounts at WIndows Live using a fictitious e-mail account. In this case, the accounts are non-existent mail accounts at wmlro.com, a service which recently terminated its mail accounts when the domain became a feeder domain for World Money Laundering Report's worldmoneylaunderingreport.com.</p><p>Until recently, wmlro.com had been in continuous use by Vortex Centrum Ltd since 2002 for a variety of services including distribution of World Money Laundering Report: Digest.</p><p>Once the account is created, it is to be confirmed by clicking on a link in the body of an e-mail that Microsoft sends to the registered address. There is a second link in that mail: it says that the account may be cancelled.</p><p><a href="http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/industries/infotech_comms/it_security/infotech_microsoft_s_windows_live_hacked">Keep reading...</a></p>