someone has tried to log into my account

[Julio]

I have received 2 emails this morning.

Dear Julio,

Your account on EmailDiscussions.com 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: 125.228.216.16
[...]

[janusz]

If you managed to log in after >15 minutes, ignore the message.

[CyberSmurf]

Checking to see if someone forgot their username.

...

No record of any members from IP address 125.228.*.*

There are two other "julio"s registered.
juliohenry from IP addresses 172.69.*.* & 162.158.*.* = 1 post / last activity Sep 19, 2019
and
Juliorrowe from IP address 112.134.*.* = 0 posts / last activity Sep 6, 2017

[CyberSmurf]

Interesting. After checking the 1 post I found that juliohenry was a spammer that hid a link in a quote.
Post unapproved. Member banned.

[CyberSmurf]

juliohenry does not show up anymore in a search for "julio"s.

[Julio]

Thank you for your attention on this matter.

[Bamb0]

Originally Posted by CyberSmurf

Interesting. After checking the 1 post I found that juliohenry was a spammer that hid a link in a quote.
Post unapproved. Member banned.

Probably wouldnt have mattered.. He hasnt come back since that first post..... (I dont think it would have mattered if you blocked him or not,im sure he forgot about that acct)


I dislike spammers........ Thank you Cyber

[ReuvenNY]

CyberSmurf is the brain in the moderating team! He figures out everything...

[CyberSmurf]

Probably more OCD than brain.

[jackson]

Originally Posted by Julio

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 125.228.216.16

Me too - same IP address.

Three times in the last day, I have gotten email noting that my emaildiscussions.com account has been locked out due to repeated password failures from IP 125.228.216.16

That's the right thing to do -- that's not me trying to login. I have never been in Taiwan in my life. My emaildiscussions.com password is some 90 to 100 bits of genuine randomness, so that "Guishan, NWT, Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom Co." IP address has essentially zero chance of getting in anytime in my remaining lifetime.

I see from "https://botscout.com/ipcheck.htm?ip=125.228.216.16" that that IP address is a habitual offender ... you might want to add it to a more general "unwelcome IPv4 address" list, if you have such ... not everyone else has as good a password as I do.

Some admin of this good "emaildiscussions.com" site should block IP 125.228.216.16

... before that offender guesses and steals the password of someone who used that same password on, for example, another of their email accounts which can password reset their bank account ... that or 16 other flavors of nefarious nastiness

[hadaso]

Originally Posted by jackson

...you might want to add it to a more general "unwelcome IPv4 address" list, if you have such ...

Perhaps also check if there were any successful logins from that IP address.

[jackson]

Originally Posted by hadaso

Perhaps also check if there were any successful logins from that IP address.

Good point ... then go one step further and assess whether or not that successful login was likely from the proper owner of that account, or was a successful hack, and moreover, if from the proper owner of that account, whether or not that owner is likely one and the same person as who has been trying to hack many other accounts here.

Depending on that, the next step will vary substantially.

[Bamb0]

Originally Posted by ReuvenNY

CyberSmurf is the brain in the moderating team! He figures out everything...

Yes I realise that

I have had some good QSOs with him here