Email account lockdown warning (Along with a solution) Among other threats, the well covered media around the Optus and Medicare data breaches has sent digital suppliers globally scrambling to tighten security, or at least seen to be trying. And in its wake, we have seen more frequently the following knee jerk security solution: “Email account locked down!” This may well protect your email account from unauthorised use such as hackers, but sudden email lockdown can have devastating effects especially if you rely on your email for business, medical or family contact. What causes an email account to be locked down? When you setup your account you are asked a few…