Title: Keep getting "Password lost/changed user: _____"
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Keep getting "Password lost/changed user: _____"

 *  [waynewalkerr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waynewalkerr/)
 * (@waynewalkerr)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-getting-password-lostchanged-user-_/)
 * I keep getting emails that are telling me “Password lost/changed user: _____”
   about 5-10 a day. Is this a brute force attack? Is this nothing to worry about?
   I have multiple large security systems on my site. If anyone has had this issue
   please any advice will help!

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 *  Thread Starter [waynewalkerr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waynewalkerr/)
 * (@waynewalkerr)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-getting-password-lostchanged-user-_/#post-7522563)
 * BTW, it’s a new user every single time. Not just a single user
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-getting-password-lostchanged-user-_/#post-7522638)
 * there’s probably a bot htting your password reset request.
 * Install the free Wordfence plugin and set the options to allow 2 requests in 
   an X minute period, with a 1 day lockout. If you see pattern in the IP addresses,
   you can just block them.

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## Tags

 * [changed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/changed/)
 * [lost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lost/)
 * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-getting-password-lostchanged-user-_/#post-7522638)
 * Status: not resolved

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