microsoft 365 is starting to come back online and this is the part nobody's warning you about
when outlook comes back up you're going to get hit with a flood of backed up emails all at once. hackers know this
they're already preparing fake emails that look like microsoft, things like "please verify your account" or "log in again to restore access"
you'll be rushing through your inbox trying to catch up and that's exactly when you'll click something you shouldn't
before you open anything from microsoft right now, check the sender address
if it's not from microsoft[.]com don't touch it. if it asks you to log in through a link, go to outlook[.]com yourself instead
the outage is the headline. the phishing wave coming after it is the real danger
microsoft 365 is starting to come back online and this is the part nobody's warning you about
when outlook comes back up you're going to get hit with a flood of backed up emails all at once. hackers know this
they're already preparing fake emails that look like microsoft, things like "please verify your account" or "log in again to restore access"
you'll be rushing through your inbox trying to catch up and that's exactly when you'll click something you shouldn't
before you open anything from microsoft right now, check the sender address
if it's not from microsoft[.]com don't touch it. if it asks you to log in through a link, go to outlook[.]com yourself instead
the outage is the headline. the phishing wave coming after it is the real danger
We're investigating reports of users experiencing issues accessing Exchange Online mailboxes through multiple connection methods in the Americas. More details can be found in the Microsoft 365 admin center under EX1550543.