Hacking attempt.

[Binkles]

I just got this email. I can verify that I have not attempted to log in.

Dear name changed pm if required.

Someone has tried to log into your account on LightShow Pro Forums with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 188.143.234.6

All the best,
LightShow Pro Forums

 

[fasteddy]

I had the same warning and looks like it was a hacking attempt.

 

[damo1271]

This is the whois lookup for that IP address. It doesnt give much info other than they are in Russia.

IP	188.143.234.6
Hostname	188.143.234.6
ASN	AS44050
Organization	PIN-AS Petersburg Internet Network LLC
Prefix	188.143.234.0/23
Country	Russian Federation
Region	Saint Petersburg City
City	Saint Petersburg
Local time	2013/09/21 07:06 (Moscow Standard Time)
JSON	188.143.234.6.json

 

[fasteddy]

I have been informed that this hacking attempt was done by a known BOT originating from Russia which looks for easy passwords. The bot tried 5 times and was locked from the account, it then kept trying other users paswords but was blocked until the firewall blocked the BOTs attempts to log in. So the server acted the way it should have against this attack and as long as people dont use stupid easy passwords then attempts like these will be stopped.