Thread: Global Wordpress Brute Force Attack
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Old 04-12-2013, 12:58 PM  
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Right now there is a global Wordpress brute force attack taking place where up to 90,000 individual IP addresses have been detected as involved.

http://blog.sucuri.net/2013/04/mass-...r-reality.html

http://blog.sucuri.net/2013/04/prote...e-attacks.html

Check your server logs, ensure you have strong passwords and preferably don't use "admin" as your login name.
MojoHost took care of me hours ago as they always do.
Issue was resolved before I got out of bed.

Only reason you might worry is if your server isnt hosted at MojoHost.
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