I lost my main account of many years to a Kazakh hacker via Authenticator

Jared Lammi 0 Reputation points
2026-02-09T04:50:34.8566667+00:00

I saw something for a Microsoft Entra ID on my Authenticator app, and just accepted it for what it was.

Unbeknownst to me, that was the key to me losing my main account, which is ******@outlook.com (which, as seen here, is shown to no longer exist)Lji28ze60F When I checked for unusual activity, the hacker was from Astana, Kazakhstan (holw topical, as I had been looking for Barys Astana's logo earlier in the day). I made multiple attempts to get my account back using the recovery form because of times when I needed to sign in, only for this to happen.IMG_7205

At some point, this is what the hacker changed my email address to, with no way of verifying the identity.

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Is there any way I can get ******@outlook.com back, or is that account lost forever? This sadly also happens to be what my subscriptions are tied to.

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator

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