Someone tried to access my M4C account

[evilblackrifle]

Received the following email from M4Carbine@roadrunner.com:

Dear evilblackrifle,

Someone has tried to log into your account on M4Carbine.net Forums 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: 184.7.167.49

All the best,
M4Carbine.net Forums


My computer has been logged into M4C all day and that is not my IP address. Anyone know what's going on?

[bp7178]

WHOIS Results

You Searched for: 184.7.167.49



184.7.167.49
Record Type: IP Address






NetRange: 184.0.0.0 - 184.7.255.255
CIDR: 184.0.0.0/13
OriginAS:
NetName: EMBARQ-GLOBAL
NetHandle: NET-184-0-0-0-1
Parent: NET-184-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2009-06-23
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-184-0-0-0-1

OrgName: Embarq Corporation
OrgId: EMBAR
Address: 500 N New York Ave
City: Winter Park
StateProv: FL
PostalCode: 32789
Country: US
RegDate: 2006-07-06
Updated: 2012-06-06
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/EMBAR

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE2184-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse Desk
OrgAbusePhone: +1-407-741-0500
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@centurylinkservices.net
OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE2184-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: ESC36-ARIN
OrgTechName: Embarq Services - CDS
OrgTechPhone: +1-407-741-0500
OrgTechEmail: ipsupport@centurylinkservices.net
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ESC36-ARIN




File a complaint with the ISP.

[skydivr]

I've now seen this in a couple of boards I belong to. There is a bot out there that is trying to gain access to accounts by using common variations of passwords tied to user names, Like using my boardname as my password. If by chance you are foolish enough to have done something this stupid, CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY...

Example from another forum:

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Some users have informed me that they got email with "5 failed login attempts" which is an automated email generated by the forum software.

i have seen this behavior on 3 different forums in the last week.

Means, a spam bot figures out usernames and tries logging in with "most common passwords" ex. 123456 or qwertyui or using the same as username...

please make sure your password is not guessable in 5 attempts before the forum blocks further attempts!
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