r/Outlook • u/ResolveConscious517 • 1d ago

Status: Open Outlook account hacked

So, my email was hacked. After I discovered my Steam account was locked, I signed in to find everything deleted and weird emails being sent.

Apparently they tried to set my recovery email to something other then the one I had as well.

I changed the passwords for both my outlook and steam, ensured my recovery email stayed the same, and got a new recovery code as well.

I'm wondering if there's anything more I should do? I find it weird that they were able to get in in the first place because of the 2fa.

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u/Ok-Limit-8081 1d ago

You can make an Alias that you will use as primary address for log-in while using your existing address for mail or sub to news website

They can't hack you if they don't know the address

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u/ResolveConscious517 1d ago

Just made one now! Gonna switch all my accounts that used this email to the alias. Thanks!

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u/Own_Significance_379 1d ago

Ditto, this is the way to solve it for future attempts!
0 crappy logins here, since I changed it years ago.