Is this lockout notification a hack/scam/phishing/security risk?
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I got the email copied below. Have I been hacked?
This is disturbing because the locked out username is my own, a secondary ‘test’ account that I set up purely for learning Worpress stuff (with its own separate Gmail account) and AFAIK the name doesn’t appear publicly anywhere online. I use it for things like figuring out how author accounts work but I never actually make posts etc. using it (I just delete them.)
– The return address is my own main email address, same as the address it was sent to – not the address connected with this ‘test’ user
– In the full message header the only email address is my own (again – not the test account), and some other one at my web host
– under Dashboard > WP Security > Locked IP Addresses it says “There are no IP addresses currently locked out” – which completely contradicts the email.
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A lockdown event has occurred due to too many failed login attempts or invalid username:
Username: [here it has my ‘test’ username discussed above]IP Address: 103.27.127.238
IP Range: 103.27.127.*Log into your site’s WordPress administration panel to see the duration of the lockout or to unlock the user.
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