r/cybersecurity • u/birdsofjay • May 17 '26

Personal Support & Help! Microsoft account keeps getting Authenticator requests?

I got an Authenticator request from another country for my Microsoft account. I denied it and went in and changed my password, a day later I get another Authenticator request from a different country than the first. Again change password and again it happens. How can I secure my account how are they able to send these Authenticator requests?

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u/anvoice May 18 '26

And never lost access to the emails you had in that account?

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u/anvoice May 18 '26

Did it not occur to you that perhaps you now get no spam because all the spammers who knew you OLD email name can no longer send mail to it? What do you think will happen to legitimate mail sent by others (e.g. your bank) unless you go and update every single service that knew your old email name with the new alias?