What to do if someone is trying to distributed brute force my account?

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05-29-2011, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JonUrban

I just got two. However, when I logged in here, my original password worked without issue. Very odd. What would they accomplish?

They didn't accomplish anything, they just tried to guess your password and failed. You say you just got those but the time says ~7:30 EDT so I guess the 15 minute lockout elapsed and you were able to log in.

Unless you mean "what do they hope to accomplish with only 5 guesses", then I don't know, seems like they'd have to get really lucky. Or they're just trying to annoy people, or clog the server with emails to send.

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