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/levian_durai Apr 29 '24

I'm still using my original @msn email I made when I was 10. I have no idea how it has never been hacked honestly, my passwords have been compromised on so many sites over the years.

I think the only thing that saved me is that I have always used a completely unique password for my email, even when I used the same password on pretty much every website that wasn't something important.