Am I hacked? (received an email from my own emailaddress)

Anonymous
2024-07-03T11:48:35+00:00

Hi,

I received an email presumably send from my own emailaccount, subject 'You've been hacked' starting with

'I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly. Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.'

Etc.

So the content of the email doesn't worry me, but what I can't understand is why the e-mail is send from my account. Or why it looks like it is send from my account. It doesn't show any other address.

When I check Source of the message, the following pops up, but this to me is jibberisch... Can anyone explain to me why it looks like I send this to myself and if I indeed been hacked or not?

Thank you!

Received: from DU2P193MB2049.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (::1) by AM0P193MB0690.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM with HTTPS; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:52 +0000 Received: from DB8P191CA0021.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:10:130::31) by DU2P193MB2049.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:10:2fd::10) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7719.32; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 Received: from DB1PEPF000509F2.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com (2603:10a6:10:130:cafe::3c) by DB8P191CA0021.outlook.office365.com (2603:10a6:10:130::31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7719.33 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 Authentication-Results: spf=fail (sender IP is 156.233.162.9) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; Received-SPF: Fail (protection.outlook.com: domain of hotmail.com does not designate 156.233.162.9 as permitted sender) receiver=protection.outlook.com; client-ip=156.233.162.9; helo=me38.com; Received: from me38.com (156.233.162.9) by DB1PEPF000509F2.mail.protection.outlook.com (10.167.242.148) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7741.18 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 X-IncomingTopHeaderMarker: OriginalChecksum:B7E61057C8BBFB70EF50497922FD678074E0F9A31342B2EC67232B534F644AAC;UpperCasedChecksum:73FB0F26A3EF0B4B3D6161FA408F0E9E4FD4F1ADF156DCD03D089677C4C90F7B;SizeAsReceived:290;Count:7 Message-ID: <___@___.___> From: ___@___.___ To: ___@___.___ Subject: You've been hacked Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 19:16:51 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="09a361167eba959ebd170be015f0ce2424" X-IncomingHeaderCount: 7 Return-Path: ___@___.___ X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationStartTime: 02 Jul 2024 02:16:51.7662 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationStartTimeReason: OriginalSubmit X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationInterval: 1:00:00:00.0000000 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationIntervalReason: OriginalSubmit X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Network-Message-Id: aea22e83-f6b2-44ad-16bc-08dc9a3d0931 X-EOPAttributedMessage: 0 X-EOPTenantAttributedMessage: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa:0 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-MessageDirectionality: Incoming X-MS-PublicTrafficType: Email X-MS-TrafficTypeDiagnostic: DB1PEPF000509F2:EE_|DU2P193MB2049:EE_|AM0P193MB0690:EE_ X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: DB1PEPF000509F2.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-UserLastLogonTime: 7/1/2024 2:19:15 PM X-MS-Office365-Filtering-Correlation-Id: aea22e83-f6b2-44ad-16bc-08dc9a3d0931 X-MS-Exchange-EOPDirect: true X-Sender-IP: 156.233.162.9 X-SID-PRA: ___@___.___ X-SID-Result: FAIL X-MS-Exchange-Organization-PCL: 2 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: 5 X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;ARA:1444111002|58200799015|461199028|47200799018|9800799012|1360799030|1290799027|1370799030|440099028|3412199025|7310799015|7112599012|2980499032|7110799015; 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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-27T06:04:00+00:00

    I got the same email today as well. I have a strong long password and 2FA set up a long time ago. I didn't notice any unauthorized devices signed in to my account but I did see lots and lots of unsuccessful sign in attempts from different locations in the world. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable and aware of my security online.

    I checked the "message source" content with ChatGPT for analysis and although I got a warning from it stating "this content may violate their usage policies", here's the gist of what it had to say:

    ... while the email was sent from a live.com domain, the IP address and SPF soft fail suggest it might have been sent through an unauthorized or compromised server. The primary email domain in question is live.com, and it indeed appears to be handled by Microsoft Outlook servers, though potentially maliciously or through spoofing.

    So I guess this is a bluff and I'm gonna choose to ignore this email for the time being.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-24T10:04:58+00:00

    Hi,

    I got the same problem some time ago.

    I've changed my passwords etc but now I'm unable to log into outlook.. I tried with "I forgot my password" but when I want the code to be send via additional email address there is a notification, that it has been already done several times and I can try tomorrow... But it was before I tried to change my password.. so I am afraid that there might be a serious issue now :(

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-22T16:48:01+00:00

    Did you end up knowing whether it was legit or not?

    I got the same email today? Really freaking me out

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-22T08:22:31+00:00

    Hi Microsoft,

    I also received same message like this and in the content it talking about pervert thing and etc. Ask me to send coin to his digital wallet.

    Please give some advice.

    from

    koh

    I had the exact same thing and it really does look like they sent it from your own email address it is so strange lol

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T16:34:30+00:00

    Thank you for taking the time to respond.

    I realy am a nube when it comes to these topics.

    All emails go to spam except for the ones send by emailaddresses I approved. I have not clicked on any other suspicious mails and I've seen no suspicious activities on my account. Some time ago someone else used my phone and clicked on an add and since then I received so very many spam/phishing etc. emails. But none of them using my own emailaddress. This was a first, so I wanted to know what's up. How this can happen.

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