I think my account has been hacked.

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I think my account has been hacked.

artemis artemis 0

So earlier today I was just playing games, and when I took about a few hours of rest and wanted to play again I noticed the my Microsoft account primary email has been changed to some random unfamiliar email. I then tried to sign in to my Microsoft account then it said "The Microsoft account you've entered does not exist". I was really shocked to find out about this so I went everywhere and searched for this same exact problem, mind you that I have NO access over the account whatsoever since I was logged out after the email got changed, so I was looking everywhere and I eventually stumbled upon this Q&A page.

Please help me anyone who can, I would appreciate it SO MUCH

I have bought many valuable stuff under that email so any help would be so appreciated

Thank you.

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DaveM121 937K Independent Advisor

Your description of the problem does indicate your account has been hacked, did you try to join a Discord or Minecraft server before this problem occurred, that is the usual method the hackers use.

I wish I had better news for you, this forum is just a user to user forum, to protect users, no-one here has any account access, when a Microsoft account is hacked, if the hackers change the associated data like the Email, then that account is usually no longer recoverable, try using the process they provide on this link to recover a hacked account, if this process is not successful, sadly, that account cannot be recovered.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-recover-a-hacked-or-compromised-microsoft-account-24ca907d-bcdf-a44b-4656-47f0cd89c245

artemis artemis 0 Reputation points

2026-10-04T23:47:00.5533333+00:00

Then how do I discuss with people with account access? This account is extremely important to me, I think I did join some Discord servers but i usually check carefully before joining, could this be the problem? I dont usually join Minecraft servers too just my own server with friends.
DaveM121 937K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-05T05:11:51.6666667+00:00

Their support is hard to contact, I am not familiar with the methods to contact their support in all locations, try to find a local support phone number in your location, but account recovery is an online automated process, even if you are able to contact Microsoft Support, they cannot recover your account, they can only refer you to the account recovery form.