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Hotmail Inbox completely empty!

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  • 05-10-2016 8:42am
    #1
    Sin1981
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭


    Hi,
    i logged onto my Hotmail account yesterday to find my entire inbox empty!!! :mad: i hadn't accidentally deleted any emails. I've contacted Microsoft and am waiting to hear back now...
    has this ever happened anyone else? what happened?


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    #2
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    Does Hotmail have a feature where you can check when and where you've logged into your account from? If so, are there any strange logins there?

    Pop your e-mail address in here https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and see if it says anything. Note this doesn't cover the Yahoo breach.

    Do/Did you have a Yahoo account and if so, are you using the same password?


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    Sin1981
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Sin1981


    I don't think hotmail has this feature.

    I used the link you posts, and when I enter my email it says it has been pawned. :(
    I mostly access my hotmail from work (good protection I would have thought!)...

    I don't have a yahoo account.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Somebody probably connected a POP client and pulled all the mail. By default this will delete it from the server.

    Dont reuse passwords.


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