Soldato
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Hi
I have just received an email from Microsoft to say that someone else may have used my password to access my account and that I will have to reset the password.
I have 2 factor authentication set up and I received no request to authenticate a login, so no one has tried to login to my account.
Microsoft have now forced me to reset my password to something new. It has also reset all of my app passwords so I'll have to set all of those up again.
Can anyone tell me why I would have received an email to say someone was trying to access my account when the lack of a 2 factor authentication request clearly indicates no one has? Does anyone know how to stop this from happening? I do not want to change my password as it is already secure.
Many thanks
M.
EDIT - I should mention I have a VPN on all my devices so I frequently look like I am singing in from different parts of the world, but surely this should not cause a problem if it does not trigger a 2 factor authentication challenge?
I have just received an email from Microsoft to say that someone else may have used my password to access my account and that I will have to reset the password.
I have 2 factor authentication set up and I received no request to authenticate a login, so no one has tried to login to my account.
Microsoft have now forced me to reset my password to something new. It has also reset all of my app passwords so I'll have to set all of those up again.
Can anyone tell me why I would have received an email to say someone was trying to access my account when the lack of a 2 factor authentication request clearly indicates no one has? Does anyone know how to stop this from happening? I do not want to change my password as it is already secure.
Many thanks
M.
EDIT - I should mention I have a VPN on all my devices so I frequently look like I am singing in from different parts of the world, but surely this should not cause a problem if it does not trigger a 2 factor authentication challenge?