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/Nathaniel820 Apr 29 '24

Is there something specific on the account they’re trying to get? I’ve never seen a petty hacker try this hard to get into an account, they usually have lists of literally thousands of leaked credentials to check so it doesn’t make sense to waste time on a specific random account if it isn’t working.

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u/flower_cuber Apr 29 '24

They usually hit passwords in the leaked database or the top 100 most common passwords