Verizon email account is spamming my contacts list

At 5:03 AM on Tues. April 3, my verizon account sent a spam email out to my contacts list.  A copy of one of the undeliverable messages that bounced back is below (I'm leaving the address in, because it's a dead address).  These spam messages were sent while my computer was turned off, so apparently the Verizon server is the source.
Judging from a Google search and from this forum, the same thing is happening to many verizon email accounts, and the problem apparently is caused by someone hacking into the Verizon email servers.  Any ideas on what a user can do to prevent / stop this from occuring?
I've already run virus scans and malware scans with several different products to make sure my computer is not the source.  They all came up clean.
Obviously, do not click on the link in the sample message below.
Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
Final-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0 (SMTP transmission failure has occurred)
Remote-MTA: dns;mailin-03.mx.aol.com (TCP|206.46.173.1|50585|205.188.59.193|25)
(mtain-da10.r1000.mx.aol.com ESMTP Internet Inbound)
Diagnostic-code: smtp;554 5.2.1 : (HVU:B2)
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/421hvub2.html
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First off, change your password.  If someone hacked Verizon servers then they would have changed your password.  This is more than likely due to a dictionary attack which happens everyday.  Keeping a secure password is the best step.
Unsecure password
butterfly1989
Secure password
But1989Terfly
Dictionary attacks use commonly used words to try and guess your passwords.  After they gain access they send an email to every contact in order to spread.  It is automated.

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