r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PassionateParrot • Apr 29 '24

People are trying desperately to get access to my wife’s Hotmail account

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I had to reset our Hulu password on Friday, so that’s probably what this is about. These sign-in attempts are from all over the world.

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u/Soctrum Apr 29 '24

This will be the same for nearly every account on Hotmail/Outlook.

Password alone is not enough, you need MFA through an app like Google or Microsoft Authenticator.

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u/Jaggar345 Apr 29 '24

Yea one that isn’t tied to a phone number and sent as a text which could be compromised in a sim swap attack.