Microsoft data leak

How to pro­tect yourself:

• Imme­di­ately ter­mi­nate any unso­licited calls by pur­ported Microsoft, other IT sup­port com­pany or finan­cial insti­tu­tion employees. Never rely on a number shown on your tele­phone dis­play to be actu­ally correct.
• Always call the offi­cial Microsoft, other IT sup­port com­pany or finan­cial insti­tu­tion offi­cial tele­phone number in case of any sup­port queries. These can be found on your bills or account statements.
• Never dis­close any con­fi­den­tial infor­ma­tion, such as pass­words, during tele­phone calls.
• Never use any links you receive by e-mail, SMS or mes­senger ser­vices, or scan in any QR codes to log into a Microsoft, IT sup­port com­pany or your finan­cial insti­tu­tion site.
• Never fill in any forms received by e-mail asking you to enter log-in information.
• Always enter the address for your online ser­vice provider or finan­cial insti­tu­tion log-in page man­u­ally via the browser address line.
• Check there is an SSL con­nec­tion (https://, lock symbol) when calling up a log-in page, and verify that the Internet address shown in the address bar of your browser actu­ally indi­cates that you have reached the cor­rect page.