Over the last 5 or 6 days, I've received more than 20 email messages from FlyerTalk's system, all with the same message:
Dear roberton,
Someone has tried to log into your account on FlyerTalk Forums 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: 199.15.233.164
All the best,
FlyerTalk Forums
That's not an IP address I've ever used, and this many failed attempts (more than 100 in total, if the messages are correct) suggests that it's not just someone making a mistake. So I'm guessing that this is a deliberate attempt to hack into my FT account. Is anyone else getting similar messages? I'm wondering if it's targeting my account specifically, or if it's targeting many FT accounts.
Also, I'd suggest modifying the system to lock out a given IP address for a longer period of time (or perhaps even permanently) after this many failed attempts. That'd improve security (and would keep me from getting so many emails about failed logins).