Microsoft Says Someone Changed My Profile Information

Interesting levels of outrage/fear/conspiracy-theories here. My own additions to the party are the following details: synack.com found a Security vulnerability in Hotmail authentication, circa October 2015, reported it to MrMS, and received a 24K bonus. The security hole was Patched in ~15 days. >>> My Hotmail Inbox received a phishing/fraudulent email from 'Canada Outlook Team' (confirmed later by Support)... several days after i had been inside my MS Account Details and did make a minor change to my Profile info. >>> Two days later, received another phishing email from yet-another fraudulent 'Outlook Team' (currently the message-source details are under Review by MS-Support), which warned me that my Account would expire in 2 days, "unless you click on the link below". Did NOT click any links, of course. Just captured hidden details and opened a SupportTicket with the appropriate MS Support team. *Yes, it can be quite difficult for Users to find a safe/valid link to such Support. NOT MrMS's fault; just a result of the www/WildWildWest that the old DARPA Internet has become, sadly. >>> We can all likely find a grain of truth within each of the previous Posts. Because of the work of 'that guy who had to hide out in Ruskoi-Land' (who i will not name here, out of respect for MrGates), we are all aware that MrMS is indeed between a Rock-and-a-Hard-Set-of-Laws. They are forced to both try to protect their Users' Privacy ( which the realists among us know does not exist on the modern www ), and try to satisfy the 'requests' of the N.S.A./NoSuchAgency folks (who are trying to Protect us all, in their own special ways). This is all NOT MrMS's fault (speak to your elected Congressmen). Hmmm... come to think of it, perhaps the Canadian Outlook Team email was actually an across-the-Border squeaky-legalese genuine email from RedmondInc, which has been forced upon them. >>> In any event, it appears that during the relatively rapid changes made to Microsoft Everything(!) in the last 3 years, MS Server scripts have indeed been "reporting themselves" in our MS Account details. More information is always better when it comes to tracking our Account details. >>> Yes, it can worry many folks. Best advice: have "several" Backup-Plan email Accounts up and running "at all times"... and have all of your Important Contacts informed of those email Accounts "by a phone call". >>> OK, let's hear from the troops out there, who are still following this oooold post...