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Hacking attempts

Rosylee
Rosylee Posts: 201 Forumite
in Site feedback and Forum Help
Yesterday and again today I have had an email from MSE saying my access to my account was attempt with an incorrect password 5 times resulting in the accoubt being locked for 15 minutes. I checked the IP address provided...appears to be located in Croydon. What can I do to prevent this. Is there anything I can do?

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  • Misslayed
    Misslayed Posts: 15,518 Senior Ambassador
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    Rosylee wrote: »
    Yesterday and again today I have had an email from MSE saying my access to my account was attempt with an incorrect password 5 times resulting in the accoubt being locked for 15 minutes. I checked the IP address provided...appears to be located in Croydon. What can I do to prevent this. Is there anything I can do?


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  • Former_MSE_Andrea
    Former_MSE_Andrea Posts: 9,611 Forumite
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    Hi all, I replied to Rosylee earlier today.

    We get queries about this every now and then.

    Someone with a very similar username (they're case sensitive) seems to have tried to log into their own account but typed Rosylee's name by mistake.
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