Soo…I’ve been digging through my Limit Login Attempts logs and noticed that :O someone/thing has been trying to break into my site a lot more than I thought.
Ever since I installed the plugin, I’ve had as of now, 251 lockouts. Just a small sampling of the logs:
IP Tried to log in as
72.29.68.51 admin (2 lockouts)
80.95.160.178 admin (1 lockout)
85.25.73.37 admin (1 lockout)
85.10.195.141 admin (1 lockout)
207.58.185.126 admin (2 lockouts)
184.168.109.23 admin (2 lockouts)
65.254.168.168 admin (2 lockouts)
108.163.128.206 admin (6 lockouts)
74.117.61.88 admin (2 lockouts)
180.188.194.54 admin (3 lockouts)
184.107.150.58 admin (3 lockouts)
(There were a couple attempts made with my username in the giant sea of admins.)
And then I took a look at Client’s site (mentioned in the above linked entry–let’s call them Expedition). The number of lock-outs they’ve had? 2042.
201.141.109.125 administrator (1 lockout)
78.139.163.246 administrator (1 lockout)
178.149.1.139 administrator (2 lockouts)
77.38.139.57 admin (1 lockout)
188.2.54.104 administrator (3 lockouts), admin (1 lockout), support (1 lockout)
106.170.41.116 administrator (1 lockout)
121.111.68.61 administrator (2 lockouts), support (2 lockouts), admin (1 lockout)
193.255.142.104 administrator (1 lockout)
81.65.41.49 administrator (1 lockout)
108.180.133.14 administrator (1 lockout)
27.87.9.149 administrator (1 lockout)
220.152.1.245 administrator (2 lockouts), admin (2 lockouts), support (1 lockout)
Hmmmm…support…never thought of that one! Thanks giant malicious botnet! *adds to list*