5 Wrong Guesses?

[Brian]

Someone has tried to guess my password and failed. It said it locked after 5 attempts. Why?

70.86.138.114

They are from Texas

OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID: TPCM
Address: 1333 North Stemmons Freeway
Address: Suite 110
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75207
Country: US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321

NetRange: 70.84.0.0 - 70.87.255.255
CIDR: 70.84.0.0/14
NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-13
NetHandle: NET-70-84-0-0-1
Parent: NET-70-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2004-07-29
Updated: 2006-02-17

RTechHandle: PP46-ARIN
RTechName: Pathos, Peter
RTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
RTechEmail: admins@theplanet.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-214-782-7802
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@theplanet.com

OrgNOCHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Technical Support
OrgNOCPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgNOCEmail: admins@theplanet.com

OrgTechHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgTechName: Technical Support
OrgTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgTechEmail: admins@theplanet.com

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An Admin anyone else on the forum from that ip? If so tell them to quit it bc I have to reset my pass when they guess wrong 5 times, and its super annoying.

-Brian

[fjonker]

Yes - me too... got the message twice

Hello,

I too received the email (two times already) ...same IP too...

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 70.86.138.114

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Use the link below:

[David (PassMark)]

It seems to be a internet wide attack on forums. We are aware of several other forums being targeted as well. We have taken some action to limit the issue.

[Cartel]

Me too!!

70.86.138.114