Title: Brute force WordPress attack question
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Brute force WordPress attack question

 *  [tomdkat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdkat/)
 * (@tomdkat)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brute-force-wordpress-attack-question/)
 * Hi! For the past month or so, I’ve noticed several brute force attacks on a WordPress
   blog I maintain. The attacks are coming from several different IP addresses, 
   so it’s kind of coordinated attack.
 * My question: have others noticed similar kinds of attacks recently?
 * I did some searching and didn’t find any articles about recent or current “mass”
   WordPress attacks, so I wanted to see if anyone here has noticed a recent increase
   in hacking or attack activity.
 * Thanks!
 * Peace…

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brute-force-wordpress-attack-question/#post-5080611)
 * Not a recent increase. My sites just keep on getting 1,000’s of attempts every
   month, so I’ve learnt that with good security, secure themes and plugins, updates
   when they are available, a couple of good security plugins, and the advice at
   [Hardening WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress), I don’t
   have to worry about anything more then using up some bandwidth.

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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brute-force-wordpress-attack-question/#post-5080611)
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