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My email has been hacked

Sutton Waugh 0 Reputation points
2026-02-09T00:52:22.5866667+00:00

My email has been hacked and an email was sent to my contacts. I tried to sign out and change my password. Now I cannot receive any emails

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  1. EmilyS726 211.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-09T01:23:50.07+00:00

    Hello,

    Make sure you do this on a computer, not on smartphone or tablet. Go to https://www.outlook.com and log in, click on the gear icon on the top right to launch the settings.

    Then, on the Mail tab, go to Rules. Are there any rules set up here? If yes, delete them all.

    Then check the conditional format, again, if it's there, delete it.

    Then, check Forwarding and IMAP, If any items are present, delete them as well.

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    If you can't find anything, go to https://account.live.com > Your info > Sign in Preferences. Make sure to check all the aliases here. If you don't recognize any there, delete it.

    Then go to Security > Manage How I sign in, make sure all contact info is yours. Then scroll down on the same page, look under App Password, click on remove existing app passwords as well.

    Please make sure you change your password and enable two-step verficiation.

    Go to your account online, go to Devices, remove any devices you don't recognize.

    Then go to Security, click on Sign out everywhere. This is meant to kill any session that's still connected. Unfortunately, this one will take 24 hours to take effect.

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  2. Sutton Waugh 0 Reputation points
    2026-02-09T00:54:03.81+00:00

    How do I contract Microsoft

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