My email address was sold online
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Morning.
Back in June I received an email from Experian to inform me that they found my email address being sold online.
I changed my emails password but ever since I’m getting daily emails from Microsoft account team with one time use codes.
I’ve just logged on to my account login attempts and I’m getting “ unsuccessful logins” from around the world, when I click each attempt it says “incorrect password entered” which is why I
Guess I’m receiving the one time use codes.
Is this to and extent normal for most people, or am I best off making a new email account, as much of a ball ache that would be
Back in June I received an email from Experian to inform me that they found my email address being sold online.
I changed my emails password but ever since I’m getting daily emails from Microsoft account team with one time use codes.
I’ve just logged on to my account login attempts and I’m getting “ unsuccessful logins” from around the world, when I click each attempt it says “incorrect password entered” which is why I
Guess I’m receiving the one time use codes.
Is this to and extent normal for most people, or am I best off making a new email account, as much of a ball ache that would be
Whilst it's a pain, the fact that you're getting these notifications means that you're still OK. Whilst it's annoying, it's no more than that.
It's likely that (assuming they don't manage to get in) these will stop in the next few days as they will move onto the next block of addresses to attack. I'd just wait it out.
It's likely that (assuming they don't manage to get in) these will stop in the next few days as they will move onto the next block of addresses to attack. I'd just wait it out.
TonyTony said:
Or is this itself a marketing ruse to frighten users into signing up for 1Password? It said my email address had been pwned in 9 breaches. The only ones specifically named were sites that I have definitely never used in my life.Mazinbrum said:
People still use Hotmail? Wow!
I still use a Hotmail account. In fact, I've had it that long, it still has my old surname I used at secondary school (02-07). It's the only email I've ever had. Your reply reminded me that someone commented on it the other day, about it being Hotmail. A friend in his late teens/early 20s. I can't wait to tell him about dial up internet...
CanAm said:
Or is this itself a marketing ruse to frighten users into signing up for 1Password? It said my email address had been pwned in 9 breaches. The only ones specifically named were sites that I have definitely never used in my life.
It's not. It's a useful resource that collates all data breaches. It's run by a Microsoft employee. He might get a referral fee from 1Password that helps with the running costs What sites? Are you sure they're not the name of the breach rather than a specific site? For example Cit0day is the name of a breach that accessed 23,000 websites.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Cit0day
CanAm said:
Or is this itself a marketing ruse to frighten users into signing up for 1Password? It said my email address had been pwned in 9 breaches. The only ones specifically named were sites that I have definitely never used in my life.
No it's a site run by someone very respected in the industry. I've been in a room on a course he runs. You can trust it.
bigandclever said:
.....firstname@hotmail address
Don't go back quite that far but we (me, wife and daughters) all had InitialSurname@hotmail.com . Not a very common surname, but not that usual. Wife lost hers as she didn't use it for a while and someone else got it, daughters are married now so stopped using theirs too. And I use Gmail for personal stuff now, although I've kept my Hotmail address active.
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