Hmmmm.Hackers Enterprise at its "finest" ?
Published on February 12, 2016
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Not sure exactly what to make of this, but here goes.........
It would appear that installing the Wordfence Plugin is paying off. I just received two email alerts from Wordfence, saying that : someone tried to log into my website, and was blocked by Wordfence, after apparently attempting to log on 20 times.
Here is the email alert that I got :
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".............A user with IP address 54.183.140.242 has been locked out from the signing in or using the password recovery form for the following reason: Exceeded the maximum number of login failures which is: 20. The last username they tried to sign in with was: 'admin'
User IP: 54.183.140.242
User hostname: ec2-54-183-140-242.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com..........."
I used Google's IP LookUp, to trace the IP address, and here is what I got :
General IP InformationIP:54.183.140.242Decimal:917998834Hostname:ec2-54-183-140-242.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.comASN:16509ISP:Amazon TechnologiesOrganization:Amazon.comServices:None detectedType:CorporateAssignment:Static IPBlacklist:Geolocation InformationContinent:North AmericaCountry:United States
State/Region:CaliforniaCity:San JoseLatitude:37.3394 (37° 20′ 21.84″ N)Longitude:-121.895 (121° 53′ 42.00″ W)Postal Code:95103I don't know whether to laugh, or be surprised (perhaps, both?)
I'd like to think that Amazon isn't trying to hack into my website. Which means, some wanker decided to test his luck )))))
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