Re: unauthorized access into hotmail account

[PA Bear]

This is just about your only publicly-accessible option, Bobby:

MSN Support - ContactUs Email Support:
http://support.msn.com/contactus_emailsupport.aspx?productkey=hotmail&ct=eformts
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

bobby. wrote:
> I need some help.
>
> I have a case where my client is alleging wrongful termination by his
> former employer. It seems that his former employer found a way to access
> his personal hotmail account, thus also accessing information protected by
> attorney-client privilege.
>
> We can't be sure there was unauthorized access. Is there some way to
> determine if the email was accessed by anyone other than my client?
>
> I'm hoping we can do this without a court order or lawsuit, since we hope
> to resolve this matter out-of-court.
>
> Thanks.

[Srikrishna Komatineni]

And more about the IT policy that person signed with his employer...If he is
accessing at work place (and its forbidden via policy) the employer might
have got the emails (proxy caching or etc) or if any key logger is installed
he could have got it...
I have seen some incidents in my area here but most of the cases Hotmail was
not willing to do anything..Ofcourse we need to understand their limitations
as well..they cant just keep track on everything n provide it to the end
user where the service is free..
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Srikrishna Komatineni

"PA Bear" <PABe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[Bobby.]

All of this happened after he had left the employer. Even if the employer
had such a policy, they wouldn't have the right to access the personal email
after termination.

[Bobby.]

That makes sense, not keeping that many records of IP#s I guess.

Also, I've talked to the managing attorney and we have a witness saying he
saw the employer (some managers) had accessed the Hotmail account because
after the employee was terminated, the witness saw print-outs of emails from
that Hotmail account.

We're hoping for more evidence of this. And an IP address would be it.

Is there any other way to find out if there was unauthorized access? I've
tried calling MS, but get no response from their legal department. I realize
trying to get help from them for some user of a free email service is
unlikely.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

The closest you might come is showing that the IP# from
> that company was the source IP# during the connection which would have been
> after the emloyee was already fired and not there to be the one doing it.
> But then Hotmail is not going to keep those kinds of records of the billions
> and billions of connections happening.
>
> Then the other comment made, "We can't be sure there was unauthorized
> access" kinda makes the whole thing a waist of time.
>
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> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
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