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Outlook Auto-Sending Strange Messages to Leads from Synced Calendar Events
This sounds phishy to me, have you checked the connectors in the 365 admin? Be sure that LeadConnector is setup fine and if you see any other strange connectors listed. Usually they are junk name like "xyz" or something like that. Then I would go into Azure of the accounts sending the calendar invites and look at the logins, making sure it's only your employee logging in. Since these are so not your normal communication, the phishers can be really sneaky how they start their planning for an attack. You can also look at the online rules for that account and just double check there is no forwarding setup, just in case. As well, to be safe change the password on the account that is doing the sending of the events.
I'll try to do some more thinking about what would be sending these messages, very odd I agree.
thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I know how to check connectors in 365? We had another booked appointment last night and it sent an appointment confirmation email that also included the text "CALL ME" what the heck? We are required to use the authenticator app to login so I don't understand how a hacker could get in with a PW? QUESTION: Is there any way to prevent Outlook from sending an Appointment Confirmation Email? I'd really like to keep using Outlook Calendar but if it's going to send cryptic messages to Leads we worked so hard to get... super strange and frustrating... THANK YOU for your time.
It's hard to explain how they get in your accounts but today I helped a client who got hacked into 2 different Microsoft 365 accounts and he had MFA security on and I verified it worked. The hackers are getting very clever, so it doesn't hurt to do checks on your security a few times a year. Connectors are in the Exchange mailbox area of the admin center.
Sounds like you got the rest squared away, glad it's working again for you!