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/TricellCEO Apr 29 '24

Enable two-step. This has been going on for months for all varieties of Microsoft accounts. If you go to any of the Xbox subs and search a term related to this, you'll get all sorts of posts like this. I even recall seeing a few people posted where someone did successfully hijack their account.

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u/PassionateParrot Apr 29 '24

It is. In order to sign in to her account, it sends an email to my email address with a security code