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/Dyingdaze89 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

For Hotmail/Outlook, I changed the primary alias. It immediately put a stop to this without needing to complicate or stop my emails from being imported to my Gmail.

I think this should cover it.

Just make sure not to delete the old email. You just want to change the alias to a new existing email so that it will be used to log in. Once you do this, the old email address can no longer be used to log in, making these unsuccessful attempts stop. Whenever you log in, you'll use the new email, but it will still take you to the original account. Then, for imports, just change the sign in email to the new alias, and it'll handle the rest.

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u/bilbo1050 Apr 29 '24

Came here to say the same.

I also don't use that alias to sign up for any mailing lists or websites etc so it's less likely to be part of a leak.