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

9 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by jenic_
(neowin.net)

6 Comments

rekabis

an hour 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?

jenic_

10 hours ago

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

toomuchtodo

9 hours ago

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

gnabgib

9 hours ago

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

toomuchtodo

9 hours 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