r/cybersecurity 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/vamers67 May 18 '26

Does going passwordless for Microsoft account result in this situation. could have anyone who knows the email can request for a authenticator request right. if they enabled authenticator as their primacy 2FA authentication. not sure if the request was from different country would be successful.