Spam attack getting worse

The YahooXtra email service is the victim of two separate, but potentially related malicious attacks, Telecom has said.

The security breach, which began on Saturday morning, saw emails sent to everyone on users’ contact list, asking them to click on a link directing them to an online advertisement.

Telecom responded in a statement issued this afternoon, saying the attacks were believed to have similarly affected other Yahoo mail users using Yahoo servers — via redwolf.newsvine.com