My wife's Microsft 365 account has been hacked and she cannot login

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My wife's Microsft 365 account has been hacked and she cannot login

Sean Curran 0

Hi,

My wife's Microsft account has been hacked and changed so she cannot sign in and it states the account doesn't exist. What can she do? This occured last night at 7:30pm, NY time.

Thanks

Sean

John Jefferson Doyon 90,560 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-18T19:50:09.82+00:00
Hi, @Sean Curran

I understand how important your wife's account is, so I'm going to be honest. If the hacker has changed the email address and enabled two-factor authentication, unfortunately, the account may no longer be recoverable.

Just to confirm:

Please have your wife try searching for her account using these steps from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/forgotten-your-microsoft-account-username-b2049472-3b8f-27d3-61c6-67a668453f4c

Click on "Search" and follow the instructions provided.

If the account still cannot be found or she receives an error message such as "That Microsoft account doesn't exist," please let me know what the result says.

Thanks!

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John Jefferson Doyon 90,560 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-18T19:50:09.82+00:00

Hi, @Sean Curran

I understand how important your wife's account is, so I'm going to be honest. If the hacker has changed the email address and enabled two-factor authentication, unfortunately, the account may no longer be recoverable.

Just to confirm:

Please have your wife try searching for her account using these steps from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/forgotten-your-microsoft-account-username-b2049472-3b8f-27d3-61c6-67a668453f4c

Click on "Search" and follow the instructions provided.

If the account still cannot be found or she receives an error message such as "That Microsoft account doesn't exist," please let me know what the result says.

Thanks!