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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on July 14, 2026, 16:58:33

Title: Microsoft deletes user's account after it was hacked, wiping 25 years of data and thousands of euros worth of games
Post by: Redaktion on July 14, 2026, 16:58:33
Streamer Joshua Khane recently posted on X, claiming that the company deleted both his Microsoft account and the OneDrive linked to it after it was hacked.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-deletes-user-s-account-after-it-was-hacked-wiping-25-years-of-data-and-thousands-of-euros-worth-of-games.1342770.0.html
Title: Re: Microsoft deletes user's account after it was hacked, wiping 25 years of data and thousands of e
Post by: heffeque on July 14, 2026, 18:13:21
Yeah... almost nobody uses the 3-2-1 backup strategy (understandably).

Microsoft/Google/Apple, etc. sell that their backup system is bulletproof and that nothing else is needed, and then you get cases like this one.
They're generally rare, but still... not funny for whoever didn't prepare for it.
Title: Re: Microsoft deletes user's account after it was hacked, wiping 25 years of data and thousands of e
Post by: elverg0otazs on July 14, 2026, 19:32:00
Yeah, and let this serve as a cautionary tale of what's to come in the future with gaming moving towards all digital too.
Title: Re: Microsoft deletes user's account after it was hacked, wiping 25 years of data and thousands of e
Post by: Zodd on July 15, 2026, 03:45:17
Cloud storage and dependency is lunacy. MS lost all my contacts after a server failure, then again during the Skype to Teams migration. I have seen enough.
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