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by unimpressive 5152 days ago
>I was even able to log into one of the user's hotmail account, it was a real person.

Why do people do this? Or rather, why do people do this and then admit to it in public forums?

This is unethical and probably illegal.

2 comments

I sent an email himself saying that his account was hacked, he should change his pwd and I didnt steal anything
It is not that I care or that I think that you did something immoral, IMO you didn't harm anyone but it is still probably illegal (obviously depending on the jurisdiction).
You care a lot