Account locked out...

[bearerofsilmaril]

...anyone get that email?

Dear bearerofsilmaril,

Your account on Parallels Support Forum 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: 74.53.243.34

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Use the link below:
http://forum.parallels.com/login.php?do=lostpw

All the best,
Parallels Support Forum

I sent an email off to the abuse email listed for that IP. Just curious if it happened to anyone else.

 

[bluntman]

I received that email earlier this afternoon.

 

[bearerofsilmaril]

From the same IP or IP block?

 

[barryw]

I received one also today - same IP.

See this thread about the subject http://forums.parallels.com/thread15212.html

 

[B-Man]

same with me - plus my account keeps getting locked out

 

[agranovsky]

Happened twice in the last week. IP = 74.53.243.34.

 

[davebarnes]

Go this at 0623 on 09AUG2007

Dear davebarnes,

Your account on Parallels Support Forum 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: 74.53.243.34

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Use the link below:
http://forum.parallels.com/login.php?do=lostpw

All the best,
Parallels Support Forum

 

[lamski]

Hmmm, if you run the whois command on the ip address, you get the following:

whois 74.53.243.34

OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID: TPCM
Address: 1333 North Stemmons Freeway
Address: Suite 110
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75207
Country: US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321

NetRange: 74.52.0.0 - 74.54.255.255
CIDR: 74.52.0.0/15, 74.54.0.0/16
NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14
NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1
Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2006-02-17
Updated: 2007-07-11

RTechHandle: PP46-ARIN
RTechName: Pathos, Peter
RTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
RTechEmail: admins@theplanet.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-214-782-7802
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@theplanet.com

OrgNOCHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Technical Support
OrgNOCPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgNOCEmail: admins@theplanet.com

OrgTechHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgTechName: Technical Support
OrgTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgTechEmail: admins@theplanet.com

 

[spectre]

Main discussion on this topic - http://forum.parallels.com/thread15212.html.
This thread is closed.