The ridiculous side being, that does he really think he can guess the password? If I managed to guess a password, I think I'd be buying a lottery ticket that day. I figure he'll get to me soon though. Sad that someone has this much time on their hands.
I can suggest you to delete all the private msgs that may contain valuable informations... hosting informations, domain infos, paypal accounts e.t.c.
So someone keeps trying to guess the password on my account which results in me being locked out of the forum for 15mins The idiot is using the following IP address 74.53.243.34
I tried to dugg up some info. Hope it helps IP : 74.53.243.34 Neighborhood Host : 22.f3.354a.static.theplanet.com Country : ? Address information This address is an IPv4 address. address : 74.53.243.34 It is presented in decimal. For other ways to format this IP address, you can open the Conversions (IPv4 / IPv6) folder below. Related IP adressesIP address Type Host name DNS state 70.87.6.117 A theplanet.com 216.185.111.115 MX inbound.filter.theplanet.com 216.185.111.116 MX inbound.filter.theplanet.com 70.87.7.70 NS ns1.theplanet.com ( 207.44.128.228 ) 70.87.7.71 NS ns1.theplanet.com ( 70.87.7.70 ) 70.86.61.133 NS ns1.theplanet.com 70.86.61.134 NS ns1.theplanet.com ( 207.44.128.228 ) 207.44.128.228 NS ns1.theplanet.com ( 70.87.7.70 ) 207.44.128.229 NS ns1.theplanet.com ( 70.86.61.133 ) 70.87.7.72 NS ns2.theplanet.com ( 70.87.7.73 ) 70.87.7.73 NS ns2.theplanet.com ( 70.86.61.136 ) 70.86.61.135 NS ns2.theplanet.com ( 207.44.128.231 ) 70.86.61.136 NS ns2.theplanet.com ( 70.87.7.73 ) 207.44.128.230 NS ns2.theplanet.com ( 70.86.61.136 ) 207.44.128.231 NS ns2.theplanet.com IP owner info (Whois) 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: 74.52.0.0 - 74.54.255.255 CIDR: 74.52.0.0/15, 74.54.0.0/16 NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14 NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1 Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM Comment: RegDate: 2006-02-17 Updated: 2007-07-11 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 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-08-08 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. Domain owner info (Whois / Abuse) Whois record : Registrant: The Planet Internet Services, Inc. 1333 Stemmons Freeway Suite #110 Dallas, TX 75027 US Domain name: THEPLANET.COM Administrative Contact: Planet, The support@theplanet.com 1333 Stemmons Freeway Suite #110 Dallas, TX 75027 US 214-782-7800 Fax: 214-782-7801 Technical Contact: Planet, The support@theplanet.com 1333 Stemmons Freeway Suite #110 Dallas, TX 75027 US 214-782-7800 Fax: 214-782-7801 Registrar of Record: The Planet Internet Services, Inc. Record last updated on 12-Sep-2006. Record expires on 11-Mar-2008. Record created on 11-Mar-1999. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.THEPLANET.COM 207.44.128.228 NS2.THEPLANET.COM 207.44.128.230 Domain status: clientDeleteProhibited clientTransferProhibited clientUpdateProhibited The Data in the THE PLANET INTERNET SERVICES, INC. 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Abuse contacts (powered by abuse.net) : Abuse complaints can be sent to: abuse@theplanet.com Conversions (IPv4 / IPv6) This address is an IPv4 address:IP v4 : decimal : 74.53.243.34 binary : 01001010001101011111001100100010 octal : 0112.065.0363.042 hexadecimal : 0x4A.0x35.0xF3.0x22 long : 1245049634 IP v6 : 6 to 4 address : 2002:4A35:F322:0:0:0:0:0 : 2002:4A35:F322:: IPv4-mapped address : 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:74.53.243.34 : ::FFFF:74.53.243.34 : ::FFFF:4A35:F322 IPv4-compatibility address : 0:0:0:0:0:0:74.53.243.34 : ::74.53.243.34 : ::4A35:F322
I've had two emails from this site. Someone is trying to log into my account and DP have sent me their IP. Is it a problem with this site or is there a person or machine trying to get into my account here? What can I do with their IP number to track them? I put it into google and it returned someone else having the same problem with the IP. Why would someone want to get into my account here? Could someone suggest a reason for this? Is is just a very sad person or a devious scoundrel up to no good? Is it an ex or a faceless executive? Indeed, is it a person? Do let me have your thoughts about this and what I can do with the IP number.
I think its an 4th similar thread in last 2 days.Post the IP address also. Also check this thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=429478
I too have got the account locked mail twice. I have contacted mods about this. here is the mail which I got
My account too blocked for 15 mins.. Im waiting for a mesg from Digitalpoint about this issue. Around a month back I changed my password. I believe it cant hacked. But any action against that IP address will be taken or already taken by DP admin/mods?
My account also got blocked for a few minutes.. Same guy: 74.53.243.34 (probably a hacked Planet server used as a proxy) It seems that they've been randomly trying passwords for various users, which makes me wonder how many accounts they actually did get access to... Anyway, maybe it's an idea to add an auto-ban script to the forums? (IP-Ban if someone using the same IP address tries and repeatedly fails to login to more than one account.)
Seems like they are using an automated script to try and bruteforce accounts. If you notice that most people who had it happen begin with either A or B sounds like they are going through the members list one by one.