Account locked?

[weave]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

If the guy below me posts without reading the last few posts again, I'm going to drop a spork on his head.

I have learned that, while reading is the most fundamental skill we all are supposed to have, it is the one most often never used....

[camoit]

2 for me today and one from the other day. Someone should block the IP's

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 223.84.180.232
China
The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 178.22.51.220
Russian Federation
The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 183.223.163.214
China

I blocked them from my site

[Atakan KOC]

Account on vBulletin.org Forum locked out

Dear Atakan KOC,

Your account on vBulletin.org Forum has been locked because someone has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 190.99.64.5

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Use the link below:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/login.php?do=lostpw

All the best,
vBulletin.org Forum‏

What is happening?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by Atakan KOC

What is happening?

Someone is trying to login to your account, since they failed the system notified you.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=93

• You are not blocked for 15 minutes UNLESS your IP is the same as that listed in the emails so no fret.
• We are not making changes to the site, it is functioning as-intended and you're being notified properly which is what it was designed to do, it was not designed however to cause mass panic and should not be misconstrued as such either.
• You can change your email address on file and make changes to your account to stop these emails.
• This happens on many sites daily not just vBulletin.org, it is a common spam/hacking technique, of course they want to know your username and password please Google the term "Social Engineering" to learn more.

[Zachery]

People are trying to brute force accounts, If you took 10 seconds to read the topic, or other topics, you'd know this.

[BirdOPrey5]

This is a pretty interesting list of the 10,000 most common passwords...

Suffice to say if your password is on this list you should change it... If it's in the top 100 you really need to change it.

https://xato.net/passwords/more-top-.../#.U0mvURBZ3of

[darnoldy]

I especially like how michael and jennifer were in the top 20. I wonder if the're dating.

[Max Taxable]

Cool site for checking the strength of your password... This is what I got for mine:

It would take a desktop PC about 55 trillion years to crack your password.

https://howsecureismypassword.net/

[Knightmane]

When I see a strange IP address included in an email from vb.org, I run the IP address through http://network-tools.com/ to find out what country the attempt came from.

I got several emails this week regarding the attempted logins and most of the IP addresses came from either Asia, China, or India. Just letting you know.

[setishock]

I finally got "The Email". Da Da Daaaaaaaaa
Curious though, (Cue creepy organ music) what are they really after? There's no credit card info here. Even if there was and they got my numbers, it's only got 5 bucks on it. Don't spend it all in one place...