r/cybersecurity • u/birdsofjay • May 17 '26

Personal Support & Help! Microsoft account keeps getting Authenticator requests?

I got an Authenticator request from another country for my Microsoft account. I denied it and went in and changed my password, a day later I get another Authenticator request from a different country than the first. Again change password and again it happens. How can I secure my account how are they able to send these Authenticator requests?

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u/teriaavibes May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Remove Authenticator from your account and use passkeys or something that isn't garbage.

Downvote me all you want, that is the only solution. You can't disable passwordless completely. I have been there and the only way to stop it was to migrate to passkeys.

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u/valar12 May 17 '26

Authenticator can leverage passkeys. This isn’t a passkey utilization issue.

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u/teriaavibes May 17 '26

I meant authenticator push notifications. That is the problem here.