An unknown location at IP 255.255.255.255 attempted a failed login as | WordPress.org

Resolved langhof
(@langhof)

9 years, 11 months ago

Hi,

someone tried to login (hack) with a username from an article(fortunately username is not the right login-name, I changed this in the database).
Wordfence notice: An unknown location at IP 255.255.255.255 attempted a failed login as …
Of course I can’t block this IP.

Can I stay cool?

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

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Plugin Author Wordfence Security
(@mmaunder)

9 years, 11 months ago

Looks like Wordfence is not getting IP addresses correctly. On the Wordfence options page, try setting the “how does wordfence get IP’s” option to the REMOTE_ADDR option.

Regards,

Mark.

Thread Starter langhof
(@langhof)

9 years, 11 months ago

Ok, I’ll try this.

Thank you!
Jens

Plugin Author Wordfence Security
(@mmaunder)

9 years, 11 months ago

You’re welcome.

Regards,

Mark.
Thread Starter langhof
(@langhof)

9 years, 11 months ago
But now this:
```
An unknown location at IP 255.255.255.255 attempted a failed login using an invalid username "admin".
IP: 255.255.255.255  [block]
1 hour 3 mins ago
```

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