Who's been trying to pretend to be me then?

[pasty]

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]

What was the IP address?

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

 

[pasty]

What was the IP address?

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

36.250.74.88

 

[Bozza]

Go get 'em tiger.

 

[Hillian1]

Begging your pardon here., but just how does one find the IP address of the hacker?

 

[Hyperion]

Go get 'em tiger.

View attachment 63387

Very close to Wanglong Garden on that map. Someone is dicking about

 

[The Orange Seagull]

I received that email too but IP address was: 186.91.252.24

 

[GingerBeerMan]

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.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

I pasty and so my wife

 

[GoingUp]

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]

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

 

[Mowgli37]

Jamie the b*stards

 

[Dan Aitch]

"Gushan Mountain" - I used to have one of those in my y-fronts.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

I had the same a fortnight ago, ip address was California

 

[WATFORD zero]

I had the same a fortnight ago, ip address was California

Oh, China not good enough for you ! There's always one

 

[Icy Gull]

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]

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]

Do they have Stripey Nigels in China

 

[Icy Gull]

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]

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.