User loses 25 years of data after a Microsoft account hack, with no way back

https://www.neowin.net/news/user-loses-25-years-of-data-after-a-microsoft-account-hack-with-no-way-back/

by jenic_ • 8 days ago

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jenic_• 8 days ago

Streamer Joshua Khane said on X that Microsoft permanently locked him out of his account after it was compromised.

gnabgib2• 8 days ago

Original source: https://x.com/JoshuaKhane/status/2076918699248803977 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452)

toomuchtodo2• 8 days ago

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/data_b...

gnabgib2• 8 days ago

So that's why CISA used github for secret storage (478 points, 182 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190454

toomuchtodo2• 8 days ago

One can give good advice, and still fail. Institutional system failure mode. It’s all just people. I shared the CISA backup guidance PDF link because Wikipedia [1] did not have a page for it, and so it was most canonical for the "3-2-1 rule". I've created an HN reference for future use as well [2].

If you don’t want to be sad, back up your stuff. If you don’t, you’ll be sad.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_backup_terms#Terms...

[2] Data Backup Options [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912185 - July 2026

rekabis• 8 days ago

My good, when will people finally realize that local accounts are the only rational option?

Like, do people have to learn in such a needlessly painful manner?

hulitu• 8 days ago

My good, when will people finally realize that local accounts are the only rational option?

When they will be educated in this matter. There's a reason tech companies are pushing for more id*ts.

User loses 25 years of data after a Microsoft account hack, with no way back

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