Seeing so many "unsuccessful sign-in" attempts from all over the world

2FA doesn't stop sign-in attempts, however, the potential intruders have a hard time gaining access to your account. Usually, after so many unsuccessful sign-in attempts at the same time, the system will suspend your account to stop an intruder from launching more sign-in attempts  

However, please be informed if you still use 2FA SMS, I personally don't recommend it due to SIM swap attacks hackers often use nowadays. I discussed more about SIM swap attacks in the following article: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/for...

Last but not least, it's also important to understand where those attackers have harvested the email addresses. It's often because the users are a victim of a data breach from one of the websites you subscribe to.  In my previous post, I've explained more about that topic and what you should do about it. So please visit In the following article: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com...

Kind Regards

Hello, and thanks for a fast reply!

That's the page I checked, but I don't receive any notifications about any unsuccessful sign-in attempts even though I have that option selected.

I asked about that in another thread a long time ago and I was told that it doesn't always work.

As I mentioned in my first post, I have two-factor verification set-up; does that help protect against these sign-in attempts?

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My name is Daniel. I am an Independent Advisor.

May I ask, did you see the notification by visiting the following page?

https://account.live.com/Activity

Or by looking at your email inbox? If you see the notifications in your inbox.

are you getting the message from the following address? "Account-security-noreply  @ accountprotection.microsoft.com"   

Disclaimer:

This is a peer-to-peer support forum. I'm an Independent Advisor & fellow MS forum users just like you, who are trying to help other users with their issues. I'm Non-Microsoft Staff.

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I see... When I looked at my activity earlier, the attempts were spaced-out in terms of when they happened; I've never had my account suspended because of too many attempts at the same time.

Thank you very much for your time and help, and I'll be sure to read the articles you linked.

Hello again.

Just to clarify, having two factor/two-step verification will help to keep my account safe, yes? It's just that I've looked at my sign-in history again recently, and there are a few more unsuccessful sign-in attempts.

I've changed my password to be on the safe side, too.

Will the two-factor/two-step verification help stop all of these attempts? This is very worrying to see.

Thanks again for your time and help.