I use a very tough password on my webservers but windows cannot handle 512-bit grade passwords yet
strong passwords are kind of needed these days
Microsoft account keeps getting hacked
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I keep getting emails from Microsoft about suspicious login activity and telling me to secure my account. However when I do this, I still get people signing in to my account from other countries, even with 2FA enabled.
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Anonymous
2021-10-31T01:59:02+00:00 -
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Brian Tillman 25,555 Reputation points Independent Advisor2021-10-31T01:53:10+00:00 Hi. I'm Brian and I will do my best to help you.
When you check https://account.live.com/activity/, are the foreign accesses marked as successful? What I'd do is to disable 2FA, remove the account from the authenticator, and then reinstate it. That will generate new secrets and a new QR code to enter into the authenticator app. If the hackers have the old password, this will negate it.