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I've had a huge increase of people trying to sign in to my email account the past few days. As in multiple attempts every hour, every day, from all of the world. I've had to change my password daily and I'm worried about my email getting hacked. Is there any extra security or anything else I can do other than the two factor authentication that can protect my email from being hacked. It's insane the amount of login attempts that are happening lately. Multiple attempts at the same time in different ends of the world. I've never had this happen before. Will it decrease eventually?
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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Yes I have no idea how they got the new alibis. It took them little over a week to find it? Also there are only a third of the login attempts that I has with the old one. I have Norton and Life Lock and scan almost daily, as well as their autos scan! Thanks again! ✌️😁
Thanks, I tried everything, after I created a new profile and made it primary, I never used it for anything except to login. It only took a week before they got ahold of that one. I use double verification and no password, so they have never been successful. So annoying, it must be a Microsoft hack. It is happening to so many! Thanks anyway.
Did you change your primary alias as in my reply below?
Yes, go in and change your primary alias to say an iCloud address or one you never use for any other account. Set a second alias email that has been protected by two-factor authentication. Then go to Hello Sign, remove your compromised email address for verification, and add an email not associated with your alias emails. This will not affect your email account. Make all of these changes, and your international login attempts will stop because they no longer have a valid email associated with your Microsoft account. Set up a passkey on your phone if able.
Ive just received a notification via the authenticator to confirm a sign in with a choice of 3 numbers. It wasn't me but yet again this is worrying that attempts are continuing now this 1 via the authenticator. I obviously denied it but 1st time i have had this happen. Come on Microsoft sort this out