Hacking attempt

[Justin]

It seems someone is consistently trying to log into my account. I keep getting emails:

Your account on WebDeveloper.com has been locked because someone has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 195.225.177.39 (http://195.225.177.39)

Im not worried because my password is very secure, but still just letting you guys know.

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http://195.225.177.39/ = [ ]
(Asked whois.ripe.net:43 about 195.225.177.39)

inetnum: 195.225.176.0 - 195.225.179.255
netname: NETCATHOST
descr: NetcatHosting
country: UA
admin-c: VS1142-RIPE
tech-c: VS1142-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-by: NETCATHOST-MNT
mnt-routes: NETCATHOST-MNT
source: RIPE Filtered
remarks:
remarks: Abuse contacts: abuse@netcathost.com
remarks:
person: Vsevolod Stetsinsky
address: 01110 Ukraine Kiev 20 Solomenskaya street. room 206.
phone: 38 050 6226676
e-mail: vs@netcathost.com
nic-hdl: VS1142-RIPE
source: RIPE Filtered
route: 195.225.177.39/32
descr: Ivan Gorbenko
origin: AS31159
mnt-by: NETCATHOST-MNT
source: RIPE Filtered
remarks:
Ivan Gorbenko
38 067 5942656
79000 Ukraine Lviv
Nezalezhnosti 15/24
Send abuse to:
admin@UltimateWebService.com


Someone in the Ukraine or someone using the IP address to mask their attempts... So now you can tell that host that either one of its customers or someone has managed to compromise their lack of network security and are trying to hijack a user account in a public forum.

[JPnyc]

Thank you for the info. I don't believe we get any legitimate users from that ISP (just spammers) so if it persists I might block the whole IP range. In the meantime you could drop their abuse dept. an email. Probably won't yield anything (never does when I do it) but it's still a good idea to try.

[WebJoel]

I don't quite know how anyone would use this, but I bookmarked this just last night...

http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/

[JPnyc]

It could be anyone or anything attempting to log into his acct. It could even be a bot.

[Justin]

but it is the same ip every time

[JPnyc]

Well like I said, if it keeps happening, lemme know. I can block that IP

[JPnyc]

Never mind, I banned it anyway.