Getting locked out messages every few minutes. Please help.

  • Resolved Melissa Davis

    (@melissa-davis)


    5 years ago

    Hello!

    I am frequently getting mails of the following type today from Wordfence.

    A user with IP addr 170.83.156.14 has been locked out from signing in or using the password recovery form for the following reason: Exceeded the maximum number of login failures which is: 9. The last username they tried to sign in with was: ‘admin’. The duration of the lockout is 12 hours. User IP: 170.83.156.14 User hostname: 170.83.156.14 User location: Peixe, Brazil

    The IP address changes from one message to the other. Here are some examples:

    User IP: 125.26.7.115 User hostname: node-1gz.pool-125-26.dynamic.totinternet.net User location: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
    User IP: 45.176.244.43 User hostname: 45.176.244.43 User location: Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
    User IP: 77.51.96.45 User hostname: 77.51.96.45 User location: Kolomna, Russia
    User IP: 176.221.7.63 User hostname: 176.221.7.63 User location: Kstovo, Russia
    User IP: 5.133.153.159 User hostname: adsl77po159.tel.net.ba User location: Ljubuski, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    User IP: 80.78.70.1 User hostname: 80.78.70.1 User location: Albania
    User IP: 1.0.207.200 User hostname: node-frc.pool-1-0.dynamic.totinternet.net User location: Phitsanulok, Thailand
    User IP: 178.93.27.17 User hostname: 17-27-93-178.pool.ukrtel.net User location: Stanislav, Ukraine

    Anyone else seeing this? Please help!

    Melissa

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  • wfdave

    (@wfdave)

    Hi @melissa-davis,

    It looks like your site is being bombarded with automated logins. (Many bots will try admin/password just to see if they can login with default credentials)

    What you can do is limit the amount of emails Wordfence sends you per hour.
    This can be found in Wordfence -> All Options -> Maximum email alerts to send per hour.

    For example: https://i.imgur.com/FGBxXNG.png

    Dave

    Hi @melissa-davis,

    We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’ve gone ahead and marked this thread as resolved.

    Please feel free to open another thread if you’re still having issues with Wordfence.

    Thanks,

    Gerroald

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