Hacked Skype IP address search launched

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Submission + - Hacked Skype IP address search launched (scmagazine.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @04:11AM

mask.of.sanity writes: An online search portal has been launched that reveals the IP addresses of any Skype user.

The portal needs only a Skype username entered in a search bar for it to produce the IP address of a target user.

It then uses IP addresses to geo-locate users on a map and reveal their ISP information.

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