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		welder on Nov 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Weak passwords brute forced > This is a security log of important events involving your account. > 18 hours ago user.failed_login: Originated from 178.245.129.47 (Istanbul) > 3 days ago user.failed_login: Originated from 180.250.45.186 (Indonesia) > 3 days ago user.failed_login: Originated from 123.119.141.184 (China) Is this a distributed brute force attack against my account?

dbaupp on Nov 20, 2013 | [–]

I see similar a thing; I'd guess that they just tried a few common passwords against millions of accounts, rather than targeting some specific accounts.

masklinn on Nov 20, 2013 | [–]

It's part of the brute-force effort against all of github, not specifically your account. I have 13 such events logged.

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