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Microsoft Support says there's nothing they can do about mass authenticator spam (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago by spicehoarder@lemmy.zip to c/demicrosoft@programming.dev

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Someone has been spamming the "login with authenticator" button on my email for a couple of days now.

Support says there's nothing I can do and that their "internal reporting" catches these people. Bullshit.

Anyway, so glad I started removing Microsoft from my life over a year ago. I just can't wait for the day I'm able to delete it all.

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Change your password, someone has it. If you didn't have authenticator setup they would be in already.

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

No, there are ways to get to the authenticator notification. It is in the forgot password flow.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

This was my first thought, but it still happened after changing passwords.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

I've been wondering why my authenticator is constantly pinged. It happened almost the same time I swapped phones, so I thought I had some weird setting wrong.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does this not mean that they have your password?

I didn't think it was possible to log in with the authenticator as single factor

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah they just hit forgot password and you still get a prompt

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

Genius implementation

[–] Piatro@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

This is why I went back to totp rather than notifications. Drove me nuts about a year or two ago. Support couldn't do anything then either.

[–] Marija_@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Users deserve better controls than "just ignore it."