[wp-hackers] Admin Login Brute Force Attacks

[Chip Bennett]

Probably so, but:

1) I don't disable login failure messages
2) It's my own, private little joke


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> > Also: I keep the "admin" account - reduced to the "subscriber" role. It
> > makes for a great honeypot.
>
> Totally unnecessary. I have no "admin" account at all on my site. I
> get the Limit Login Attempts email 8-12 times a day regardless. All
> "admin" attempts.
>
> -Otto
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