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Anyone having any issues logging into your G Suite Admin Console or any of your accounts?

I was logged in maybe 40 minutes to reset a users password. Logged out, and then about a couple of minutes later I had to log back in (no big deal I have done this many many times in the past, been a G Suite customer for about 10 years now). However now I am getting an error message telling me I am locked out after too many failed attempts. And because of the too many failed attempts to try again in a few hours. FYI - I am also getting this on my personal Gmail account and the Gmail account I used a long time ago to setup my G Suite account. Everything has two factor authentication, I have received no text messages (other than the one I used to successfully login with) to indicate logins.

The problem is, support is next to nothing because it is all based inside your G Suite Admin Console, and I cannot get into it to even with get with support. I managed to find a phone number, and after explaining my issues managed to get to a page to submit a ticket, which support confirmed on the phone they got, and that someone would contact me in in about an hour.

Is anyone else having any issues? It is just weird. I cannot login to any Gmail account on my computer, even with incognito mode. I even took out another laptop I use for things and tried with that, same thing. However I am getting emails in Outlook and the mail app on my iPhone. Very strange.

Thanks

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No problem here.

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No problem here…

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I am having one hell of a problem still. I seem to be locked out of any Gmail account I have used, company and personal and on any device, which is so freaking weird. Someone finally called me and they sent me an email to confirm who I am and want me to add a CNAME record and to answer some questions, although I will most likely fail the billing part of the questions because I pay on a company credit card and I don’t have access to see those transactions. The person who does have that access is out all week. Talk about bad luck today.

Now other people in my domain can login to their email via Gmail and Outlook. I do have access via Outlook and my phone, but no web browser access whatsoever.

This is the strangest thing I have ever encountered, and trying to prove to G Suite support you are who you say you are is next to impossible if you are locked out of your account since it all transpires within the Admin Console.

I wish I knew a Google Apps/G Suite re seller to see if they could somehow help me, but I don’t and many many years ago when I set this all up, I went directly to Google’s website and did it and never used a re seller, so even if I could find one they would probably be unwilling to help me.

I don’t know what to do except wait till tonight and see if my accounts are unlocked.

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You should have the “default” admin account and user(s) who are also G-suite admin…

Then also consider stop using outlook or email clients and go 100% Chrome…

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Is your 2SV using security keys only? It should be ideally, especially if a super admin account. Better yet, split off your super admin from your day to day and still have sec keys only for both accounts.

NFTF: G Suite | Cloud Identify for Admins

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However now I am getting an error message telling me I am locked out after too many failed attempts.  And because of the too many failed attempts to try again in a few hours.

I don’t see any such issue here. But few years ago ( when we were not using fixed public IP & no firewall ), and were in two ISPs dynamic IP circuit, I faced this issue consistently. Looks like if your Admin console page connected through two different IPs at a particular time ( even you login same admin user on two different ISP network simultaneously ) the issue appeared. Not sure it is security reason or a bug and is fixed. Recent past I am not seeing this kind of issue in my current network setup.

Any such public IP issue on your network ?

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Just to give an update, I was able to get back in around 8pm that evening. Google has no idea what happened. Audit logs do not show any strange behavior.

I do.

And if I were not using Outlook at the time, I would not have been able to get the emails from support as I was locked out of my email account web session. Chrome, IE, Edge, didn’t matter, I could not login to my account, or the admin account from any device.

Google did call me and sent me an email with some questions about my account, like billing, credit card info and what not. I was able to get the email on my phone and my PC using Outlook. I filled out the questions and emailed them back and they got back to me again saying they would reach out to me, which they did. And about 2 hours later I was granted access to my accounts again.

This whole fiasco started from resetting a users email password, who is a non admin, just a regular user. And it was the strangest thing, I still have no explanation from being locked out of my personal Gmail account (which I can now get back into as well and is not tied to anything work related whatsoever), my work email account and my admin account from any device. It was very very strange.

All is good now.