Your Microsoft account is very important, considering it’s linked to your Windows OS, OneDrive, and even the Xbox account. You may have countless work-related stuff on OneDrive, games on your Xbox account on which you spent money to purchase. The worst thing that could happen is your account getting hacked. Reports of Xbox accounts getting hacked and their primary alias being changed have been submitted to the Microsoft Forum. In this article, we shall discuss what you can do about this serious problem.
How can your Account get Hacked?
First, let’s talk about how your account could have gotten hacked. We advise you to change all the passwords to apps or websites that are important (Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, etc.) as they may have been hacked too.
Additionally, you may have suffered data breaches. This happens when your personal information is leaked due to a server your data is stored on getting hacked. However, if you are unsure if you have suffered a data leak, simply click here to go to a website that checks it for you. All you have to do is enter your email address, which will show a list of data breaches.
Refrain from typing out your passwords or any sensitive information on social media apps, as they are not end-to-end encrypted.
You got Hacked – What can You do About it?
It sucks to lose access to your account. But don’t worry, we will show you how you can recover it. Follow these steps in the order they are listed:
- Go to this website to submit a report to Microsoft. It will most likely show you that the email address that you entered does not exist. Further research shows that the alias or email address linked to your account has been changed. In most cases, this is “******@outlook.com” or a rumbler.ru account. Nevertheless, this step must be followed.
- This link will send you to Microsoft Support, where you can report your account being hacked. Click Start and simply follow the on-screen instructions to retrieve your account. This step is important as if it does not recover the account immediately, it will get you in touch with support agents who will put your complaint in the escalation process.
- Besides that, you can also try contacting Xbox Support by clicking on this link.
- You can also go to this website and follow the instructions to fix this issue. If this does not work as well, you can go to the bottom of the page and click on Contact Us. Choose ‘Family and Online Safety’ as the category and then ‘I Want to Protect my Account’ as the topic. Scroll to the last options and select ‘Chat Online’ or ‘Request a Call.’
If you follow these steps, you will be able to recover your Xbox account that got hacked. That was all for this guide. Please go to our homepage to check out more content that we release daily. Thanks for reading this article.