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Old 08-27-2008, 04:22 PM
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Someone has tried to log into my account with the wrong password more than 5 times. I got a report.

If you have an IP address of the intruder, how do you know what country is it from?
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google "ip lookup"?
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It looks like it comes from Germany. 3 notifications of failed attempts until now.
Host is netcologne.de
What should be the next step?
Is there an IP ban option for it?
I do not live in Germany and no one should be accessing my account from Germany.
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It's possible you were phished on another site and an attacker is trying to find as many vectors as possible to collect data about you
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It's possible you were phished on another site and an attacker is trying to find as many vectors as possible to collect data about you
My name is Elvis. The rest should be known to you.
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If someone wants to know...
I do not have a car, not even a bike. Just imagine how rich I must be.
At work I do not have any subordinates, so you may imagine how powerful I am.
My clothes were bought 8 years ago, because of money issues. Just imagine how rich I must be.
I do like to help people, and I am spiritually rich, but credits on heaven can't be stolen in the net.
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Now don't get paranoid. Someone tried to log in as you, big deal. Such things happen every day. Change your password regularly and choose difficult ones and nothing will happen.
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If it's about the forum account, it would be good if you could sent me a PM with the IP address.
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