Ya'll Ever check your MS account sign in attempts?

[JustGeorge]

I have a very old @msn.com email address from the early 00's. It's unused and thought about closing it, but for nostalgia's sake I keep it. Happened to check the sign in attempts and wow! This account is getting banged on multiple times per day from every country on earth. I'm sure its all from VPNs, but I feel special 😎

Is this just the norm for any email account these days?

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

If you let an email sit there for ~20 years, you don't think some community hacker will find you?

[tsupersonic]

It's just the norm. My accounts are constantly have attempts from other countires.

[bikeman25]

I check mine from time to time, had this email ever since first started outlook.com many years ago lol, change password off and on, and activated 2 factor authentication with MS Authenticator app

 

 

 

 

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I don't think I check it. Especially considering that these days to sign in from a different IP address or device it sends me a notification saying, "is this you? Enter the code we sent to your other email address to continue..."

[JustGeorge]

On 20/09/2024 at 21:01, Mindovermaster said:

If you let an email sit there for ~20 years, you don't think some community hacker will find you?

I'm a nobody. They're going to be so disappointed if they ever manage to break in 😆