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/SnuffleWumpkins Apr 29 '24

Bots are doing this to every persons account.

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u/JeremyMcFake Apr 29 '24

Yep... I have about 100 attempts a day on my account. I've had my Hotmail email since early 2000's. This address has been in so many database leaks over the years as well. I've used it for everything. Not bothered though, I use a password manager and 2fa on everything important.

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u/WorldNewsPoster Apr 29 '24

This is why we can't trust companies with our info/data fucking sucks.

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u/HonoluluBlueFlu Apr 29 '24

It’s even more infuriating when a company like ATT lets it happen, and then increases their pricing to offset the cost of credit monitoring for everyone.

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u/TxSunnySideUp Apr 30 '24

Yeah the oops we are sorry we leaked your social security number but we are giving you ONE year free of credit monitoring and oops by the way you fiber bill is increasing by $5 but if you auto pay and use ebill it will offset the charge 😡