email hacked

Question

All my emails have been overwritten with a threatening message; my (now changed) password has been added to the subject line. The emails are unreadable. I have already changed my password and enabled two-step verification. I can receive and send emails again, but the old emails are unreadable. Can you help me make them readable again and remove the threatening text?

Answer 1

Hi,

Seems like a draft message is stuck. Is the language correct at https://account.microsoft.com/profile page?

The symptoms point that your account was hacked, and the hackers probably added your account to an organisation.

• Go to https://account.microsoft.com and sign in with your Microsoft account.
• Change the password
  • Select Security.
    • Click Password security.
      • Enter your current password.
        • Enter and confirm the new password.
          • Select Save.Sign out everywhere
• Open Security → Advanced security options.
  • Scroll to Sign me out.
  • Select Sign me out everywhere to end all active sessions on devices and browsers.
• Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) Go to Security → Advanced security options.
  • Find Two-step verification.
  • Select Turn on.
  • Follow the prompts to add a verification method such as the **Microsoft Authenticator app, phone number, or email.
  • Complete the setup to activate two-step verification.

#2: Consider checking the following guide:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2026/02/outlook-hacked-draft-email.html

#3:

You can also try to leave the Guest account using Teams and see if that helps.

If you want to remove the Guest account, you can open the Teams App > Settings > Accounts and Orgs. Click the button to leave the organisation.

I hope this information helps. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

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