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You've taken the single most important step - 2FA.

 

You can check your recovery information too - things like alternate recovery email address - make sure THAT is fully 2FA'd, etc.

 

Now, how do you know someone is trying?

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Not sure if this is the right place to post this. Sorry if not. Someone is trying to hack my email and Microsoft account. They have been trying for about a month. I reported it. I have changed my passwords and I use a fido key for 2A on all my accounts. So they haven't got in. I don't really know why they are trying so hard. I was wondering if there is anything else I can do. Thank you for any advice.

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You've taken the single most important step - 2FA.

 

You can check your recovery information too - things like alternate recovery email address - make sure THAT is fully 2FA'd, etc.

 

Now, how do you know someone is trying?

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1 minute ago, whispous said:

You've taken the single most important step - 2FA.

 

You can check your recovery information too - things like alternate recovery email address - make sure THAT is fully 2FA'd, etc.

 

Now, how do you know someone is trying?

I have everything covered by a fido including all back up emails and my backup email has never been used for anything else. I keep getting failed login notifications. They have tried 47 times just today on my Microsoft account.

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2 minutes ago, Robchil said:

they found your email.. in a forum, or on a page.. or it's someone you know... 

I've had my email since 2001. It has been in 37 data breaches. So it's out there. That's why I use a fido key and have a long jipperish password. I hope it's enough.

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If you get emails from those services about "was that you?" be sure to answer no each time, hopefully that'll help them block the requests, but beyond that not much you can do, probably some automated thing just trying password lists...

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1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

If you get emails from those services about "was that you?" be sure to answer no each time, hopefully that'll help them block the requests, but beyond that not much you can do, probably some automated thing just trying password lists...

That's what I've been doing. Thank you. Just wish I could do more. They are using a VPN or something because the login location is jumping all over the world. 

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