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5. People or bots trying to break in?

Reply to bif (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2023, 01:53 PM

Sep 2023

Within moments of bringing up a wordpress site (on our own machine), the system was pummeled with bots trying to break in. I spent a week monitoring the URL's being requested (or the "posts" being attempted) to make sure we had it locked down well.

It might be useful to check the actual URL's that are being "read" to see if they're reading your blog or trying different attacks.

The best news would be if something on your blog was referred to by some other popular site. But my best guess would be that your site made some sort of list to train AI engines and they're playing with AI.

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Wondering about a huge spike in visits to my websites. [View all] bif Sep 2023 OP

These are the blogs, FYI bif Sep 2023 #1

I have a hiking blog on Blogspot. I have not posted on it in years. John1956PA Sep 2023 #4

They love you in Singapore. Sneederbunk Sep 2023 #2

I use Google Analytics 4. It is not tracking views from outside the U. S. John1956PA Sep 2023 #3

People or bots trying to break in? CloudWatcher Sep 2023 #5

And just as mysterious, they're gone! bif Sep 2023 #6