My Microsoft Account Got Ratted

Artur Pogosov1 · Jan 5, 2024

Recently I was invited to a Discord server which asked me to click a link to verify my Minecraft Account. It said that the link would take me to a blank page, and then I'd need to copy and paste the URL from my address bar to them. After some research, I couldn't find any similar situations, so I am a little worried. I know that I got hacked because I had suspicious sign-ins and my Minecraft had been signed into and all my in-game things were stolen. The link was a live.com link so I thought it would make sense that it was being used to verify my Minecraft account, as both are with my Microsoft Account. I have already changed my password to everything and enabled 2fa, removed suspicious devices, etc, I was just wondering if there are any more things I would have to do to make sure that the hacker does not have access to my account and if it was a rat at all and not a different type of hack. I also want to make sure there is nothing on my computer that still is providing the hacker with my information. I also want to learn more about this kind of hacking, because nowhere online could I find a case using a live.com link, and want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Please let me know if any more info is needed.

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Courtney Todd

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Courtney Todd

Hi Artur P, my name is Courtney and I would be happy to help.

I'm sorry you went through this unpleasant situation, what you can do to prevent this from happening again is to change your password and enable two-step verification (MFA) but I think you already mentioned that you did so if you did, don't worry. Worry that nothing like this will happen again.

Regarding making sure that there is nothing on your PC, personally if you did not download anything strange on your PC then there is nothing to worry about anyway always check the links where you are going to log in that they are always official sites.

I hope you understand, if you have any other questions let me know.

Best regards,
Courtney.

Courtney Todd

Basically, according to my knowledge, hackers copy and falsify official sites to steal accounts, everything may seem to be correct, but it is, so what I can suggest is that you do not enter any link through Discord or another platform since it is not very reliable.

Artur Pogosov1

Thank you for your reply. How is it possible though that a live.com link that just opened a blank screen got my info? As I mentioned, all I did was opened the link, and then copy and paste whatever was in my address bar to the Discord. I want to learn about how this works so that I had a deeper understanding of it and could prevent something similar from happening again.

DocHolliday 7

Got you beat! I've been an anti-Playstation loyal customer for 11 years.

Course Microsoft heads don't give a rats *** about that.

My Microsoft Account Got Ratted