someone tried to log into my account

[djkemp1]

any ideas anyone whats happening?

[Ludvig]

It happened to me about a month ago:

Dear Ludvig,

Your account on FileSharing Talk 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: 203.171.87.11

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Use the link below:
https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/login.php?do=lostpw

All the best,

FileSharing Talk

Sadly,the creature who did that to me is from Australia:



IP Information 203.171.87.11

Record Type:IP
AddressIP Location: Australia
Internet Service Providers Australia Reverse DNS:cust6667.nsw01.dataco.com.au

Blacklist Status:Clear

inetnum: 203.171.64.0 - 203.171.127.255
netname: Dataco
descr: Internet Service Providers, Australia
country: AU
admin-c: LR20-AP
tech-c: LR20-AP
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
mnt-by: APNIC-HM
mnt-lower: MAINT-AU-DATACO
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
remarks: This object can only be updated by APNIC hostmasters.
remarks: To update this object, please contact APNIC
remarks: hostmasters and include your organisation's account
remarks: name in the subject line.
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
changed: 20041105
source: APNIC

person: LORRAINE ROSE
nic-hdl: LR20-AP
e-mail:
address: 10 Jessica Blvd, Minyama, QLD 4575
phone: +61-7-54442685
country: AU
changed: 20040108
mnt-by: MAINT-NEW
source: APNIC

[Barbarossa]

Surely this is something automated. I can't see any one person attempting to access this many accounts.

That's what people said about the counting thread



@ludwig - we blocked that IP ages ago because of similar reports, but thx

[Ludvig]

Toujours prêt à t'aider,garçon !

Ps:
LudVig,please,Barbarossa.With "w",it's the german orthograph.

[Demigod]

Hmm, weird. Just wondering but when this happens, do you get kicked off your account on FST or will you only get that message when trying to log in?

If it does kick you off your account, I can see how that'll be a major inconvenience, especially if someone happens to be doing a trade or something. In addition, if they just manage to get in, it'll be a security issue as well since some users save all of their PMs, including those with their e-Mail addresses.

[Barbarossa]

If it does kick you off your account, I can see how that'll be a major inconvenience, especially if someone happens to be doing a trade or something. In addition, if they just manage to get in, it'll be a security issue as well since some users save all of their PMs, including those with their e-Mail addresses.

I'd advise all users to use a "strong" password on their FST accounts, if they're PMs contain sensitive information.

Strong password = at least 6 characters, including one or more numerical characters



P.S. Sorry, Ludvig

[lynx]

If it does kick you off your account, I can see how that'll be a major inconvenience, especially if someone happens to be doing a trade or something. In addition, if they just manage to get in, it'll be a security issue as well since some users save all of their PMs, including those with their e-Mail addresses.

I'd advise all users to use a "strong" password on their FST accounts, if they're PMs contain sensitive information.

Strong password = at least 6 characters, including one or more numerical characters



P.S. Sorry, Ludvig

Using a "v" instead of a "w" is a cunning trick too, how many hackers would think of that?