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pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,151
West, West, West Sussex
Got this email this morning

Dear pasty,

Someone has tried to log into your account on North Stand Chat with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

All the best,
North Stand Chat
 

Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,529
Back in Sussex
What was the IP address?

It probably resolves to China - we seem to be being targeted currently.
 

Bozza

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Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,529
Back in Sussex
Go get 'em tiger.

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Dec 29, 2011
8,008
If you go on your account settings on hotmail, you can check who has tried to access your account in the past. I can guarantee 99% of you have had lots of attempted accesses from China. If your email address is anywhere on the internet you'll be targeted.
 


GoingUp

Well-known member
Aug 14, 2011
3,575
Sussex By The Sea
Got this email this morning

Dear pasty,

Someone has tried to log into your account on North Stand Chat with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

All the best,
North Stand Chat


I had the same email last week.
 

Wexford Gull

Member
Jun 22, 2007
212
Wexford,Ireland
Snap 20/02/15
Dear Wexford Gull,

Someone has tried to log into your account on North Stand Chat with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 183.207.229.130

All the best,
North Stand Chat
 




Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I also received this notification a week or sos ago. Being a complete Luddite on techy things, does it follow that they could be hacking into my PC if they are trying to log on as me?
 

Bozza

You can change this
Helpful Moderator
Jul 4, 2003
55,529
Back in Sussex
I also received this notification a week or sos ago. Being a complete Luddite on techy things, does it follow that they could be hacking into my PC if they are trying to log on as me?

Not at all, no - "they" will have no idea who you are or where you are relative to your NSC account. The aim will be to compromise an account on NSC to do one of...

- Post spam
- Post links to malware
- Try to compromise the site or the server it sits upon from a flaw in the application software

I've been perusing various security-related vBulletin plugins and I'll deploy one/some to try and minimise the chances of us getting hit.
 

seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,690
Crap Town
Do they have Stripey Nigels in China ???
 


Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Not at all, no - "they" will have no idea who you are or where you are relative to your NSC account. The aim will be to compromise an account on NSC to do one of...

- Post spam
- Post links to malware
- Try to compromise the site or the server it sits upon from a flaw in the application software

I've been perusing various security-related vBulletin plugins and I'll deploy one/some to try and minimise the chances of us getting hit.

Thanks for the clarification
 

father_and_son

Well-known member
Jan 23, 2012
4,646
Under the Police Box
Not at all, no - "they" will have no idea who you are or where you are relative to your NSC account. The aim will be to compromise an account on NSC to do one of...

- Post spam
- Post links to malware
- Try to compromise the site or the server it sits upon from a flaw in the application software

I've been perusing various security-related vBulletin plugins and I'll deploy one/some to try and minimise the chances of us getting hit.

C'mon Bozza... We all know that you have connections with GCHQ & NSA and that this is really about international espionage! We're all patsies (see what I did there?) and NSC is just a front.
 

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