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// events/4767 · Accounts

Event ID 4767A user account was unlocked

A locked-out user account was unlocked.

LogSecurity
SourceMicrosoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
AreaAccounts

What to check

Monitor every 4767 for local accounts, and check the Subject to see who unlocked it.

Find it with PowerShell

Run on the machine that logs it, as an administrator.

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Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{ LogName = 'Security'; Id = 4767 } -MaxEvents 50 |
    Format-List TimeCreated, Id, Message

Hunt for it in Sentinel or Log Analytics

Security events land in the SecurityEvent table when you collect them with the Windows Security Events connector or a data collection rule.

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SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(7d)
| where EventID == 4767
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account, Activity
| order by TimeGenerated desc

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