Hacking Attempt

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Gary

Gary

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Oct 23, 2011
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I received this email around 1:30am while I was sleeping. Just curious if this has happened to anyone else.

Dear Gary,

Someone has tried to log into your account on Christian Chat Rooms & 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: 79.75.143.6

All the best,
Christian Chat Rooms & Forums​
 
blue_ladybug

blue_ladybug

Senior Member
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Feb 21, 2014
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Contact admin and ask them if that email is really from them..
 
maxwel

maxwel

Senior Member
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Apr 18, 2013
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If someone took over my account so I could no longer participate here...

I'd probably thank them.
 
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heartofdavid

Guest
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Gary said:
I received this email around 1:30am while I was sleeping. Just curious if this has happened to anyone else.
Dear Gary,

Someone has tried to log into your account on Christian Chat Rooms & 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: 79.75.143.6

All the best,
Christian Chat Rooms & Forums​
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ISIS.

Pesky little devils they are.
 
Oncefallen

Oncefallen

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Jan 15, 2011
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Gary said:
I received this email around 1:30am while I was sleeping. Just curious if this has happened to anyone else.
Dear Gary,

Someone has tried to log into your account on Christian Chat Rooms & 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: 79.75.143.6

All the best,
Christian Chat Rooms & Forums
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It is an automated e-mail that gets sent out (as the e-mail says) when someone attempts to access your account with an inaccurate password. I got it once because I didn't notice that my caps lock was on when I tried to log in.

As Prov910 posted; the IP traces to Great Britain, more accurately Nottingham. Maybe it was Robin Hood or one of his merry men. :p

I did double check and the IP is not associated with any of our users.
 
Lynx

Lynx

Folksy yet erudite
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Aug 13, 2014
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Why would somebody want to hack a forum account? To pretend to be maxwel? For what benefit?

Oh well. With a "five strikes and you're out" policy we should at least be safe from brute-force hacking attempts. Just be sure your password isn't something very easy to guess, like "password1" or something.
 
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Amazing-Grace

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Oncefallen said:
It is an automated e-mail that gets sent out (as the e-mail says) when someone attempts to access your account with an inaccurate password. I got it once because I didn't notice that my caps lock was on when I tried to log in.

As Prov910 posted; the IP traces to Great Britain, more accurately Nottingham. Maybe it was Robin Hood or one of his merry men. :p

I did double check and the IP is not associated with any of our users.
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Could have been Maid Marian!
 
maxwel

maxwel

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Apr 18, 2013
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Oncefallen said:
It is an automated e-mail that gets sent out (as the e-mail says) when someone attempts to access your account with an inaccurate password. I got it once because I didn't notice that my caps lock was on when I tried to log in.

As Prov910 posted; the IP traces to Great Britain, more accurately Nottingham. Maybe it was Robin Hood or one of his merry men. :p

I did double check and the IP is not associated with any of our users.
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I think the real mystery is all about discovering what the OP done to offend Robin Hood.


No offense, but I normally just take Robin's side as a default position.
 
Prov910

Prov910

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maxwel said:
If someone took over my account so I could no longer participate here...

I'd probably thank them.
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The question is, who else would thank them? BOOM, roasted! lol

/jk :)
 
EarnestQ

EarnestQ

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Apr 28, 2016
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I suspect it is someone who forgot his user name. It could be that GaryX forgot his user name and tried to log on with Gary.
 
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